Supply Chain Quality Integration in Manufacturing Firms: Examining the Role of Intellectual Capital and Absorptive Capacity In a Developing Economy
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Date
2023
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ORSEA JOURNAL
Abstract
This paper explores the direct relationship between intellectual capital and
supply chain quality integration (SCQI). Furthermore, the indirect effect of
intellectual capital through absorptive capacity is also explored. Based on the
resource-based view, dynamic capabilities perspective and relational view, a
theoretical model developed from the extant literature was empirically
validated through a cross-sectional survey of 101 manufacturing firms in
Uganda. The data were analysed by using correlations and regressions. The
findings revealed that intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect
on absorptive capacity – absorptive capacity also positively and significantly
influences SCQI. Moreover, intellectual capital significantly influences SCQI
both directly and indirectly through the partial mediation of absorptive
capacity. The fundamental novelty of this article is contribution to the limited
empirical studies on SCQI and its antecedents by incorporating the three
components of intellectual capital besides unveiling empirical evidence
confirming the partial mediating role of absorptive capacity in the intellectual
capital- SCQI relationship in manufacturing firms in a developing country
context.
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Supply chain quality integration, Intellectual capital, Absorptive capacity, Developing economy
Citation
Kabagambe, L., Tukamuhabwa, B., Mutebi, H., & Otaryebwa, M. (2023). Supply Chain Quality Integration in Manufacturing Firms: Examining the Role of Intellectual Capital and Absorptive Capacity In a Developing Economy. ORSEA JOURNAL, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.56279/orseaj.v12i2.2