Title: Investigating the TOE context in achieving food supply chain network performance: the role of supplier collaboration capability

Authors: Mohammad Osman Gani; Yoshi Takahashi

Addresses: Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshiama 739-8529, Japan; Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business Studies, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Mirpur-12, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh ' Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshiama 739-8529, Japan

Abstract: Understanding technology, organisation, and environment (TOE) and quality management systems (QMS) is essential in supply chain management. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the TOE context and QMS and QMS with firm's supply chain network performance (FSCNP). Moreover, the study also investigated the moderation of suppliers' collaboration capability between QMS and FSCNP. Data were acquired through face-to-face interviews with structured questionnaires utilising the convenience sampling method posed to 273 food business managers. Data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings demonstrated that all the TOE elements have a positive, significant association with QMS, and QMS has a positive relationship with FSCNP. It also revealed a significant moderation of suppliers' collaboration capability between QMS and FSCNP. The results highlight the study's managerial and social relevance from the perspective of firms in developing countries.

Keywords: quality management systems; QMSs; supply chain management; TOE framework; collaboration; network performance.

DOI: 10.1504/JIBED.2022.130381

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 2022 Vol.14 No.4, pp.434 - 464

Received: 28 Dec 2022
Accepted: 05 Jan 2023
Published online: 18 Apr 2023 *

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