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MANAGEMENT RESEARCH REVIEW
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 254-269Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/MRR-02-2016-0030
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Financial performance; Agility; Supply chain resilience; Preparedness; Investments; Alertness
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Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the impact of three critical dimensions of supply chain resilience, supply chain preparedness, supply chain alertness and supply chain agility, all aimed at increasing a firm's financial outcomes. In a turbulent environment, firms require resilience in their supply chains to prepare for potential changes, detect changes and respond to actual changes, thus providing superior value. Design/methodology/approach - Using survey data from 77 firms, this study develops scales for preparedness, alertness and agility. It then tests their hypothesized relationships with a firm's financial performance. Findings - The results reveal that the three dimensions of supply chain resilience (i.e. preparedness, alertness and agility) significantly impact a firm's financial performance. It is also found that supply chain preparedness, as a proactive resilience capability, has a greater influence on a firm's financial performance than the reactive capabilities including alertness and agility, suggesting that firms should pay more attention to proactive approaches for building supply chain resilience. Originality/value - First, this study develops a comparatively comprehensive definition for supply chain resilience and explores its dimensionality. Second, this study provides empirically validated instruments for the dimensions of supply chain resilience. Third, this study is one of the first to provide empirical evidence for direct impact of supply chain resilience dimensions on a firm's financial performance.
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