Table Of ContentInter-organizational
information exchange,
supply chain compliance
and performance
Guangqian Peng
Inter-organizational information exchange,
supply chain compliance and performance
Inter-organizational
information exchange,
supply chain compliance
and performance
Guangqian Peng
Wageningen Academic
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Table of contentes
Acknowledgements (致谢) 15
Chapter 1 - Introduction 17
1.1 Research background 17
1.2 Problem statement and research questions 21
1.3 Outline of the research 23
Chapter 2 - Theory background and hypotheses 25
2.1 Transaction cost economics 26
2.2 Theory on inter-organizational communication (IOC) 30
2.3 Theory on supply chain management 34
2.4 Hypotheses on antecedents of inter-organizational communication 39
2.5 Hypotheses on inter-organizational communication 45
2.6 Hypotheses on inter-organizational communication, supply chain collaboration, and
performance 49
2.7 Concluding remarks 50
Chapter 3 - Research design and methodology 55
3.1 Study population, data collection, and company profile 55
3.2 Constructs operationalization 62
3.3 Construct validity and reliability 69
3.4 Data analyses 75
3.5 Concluding remarks 79
Chapter 4 - Antecedents of Inter-Organizational Communication 81
4.1 Construct validity, construct reliability, and baseline statistics 81
4.2 Antecedents of inter-organizational communication 86
4.3 Influence of company characteristics on communication antecedents 95
4.4 Concluding remarks 98
Chapter 5 - Elements of Inter-Organizational Communication 101
5.1 Baseline statistics 101
5.2 Communication elements and their interrelationships 105
5.3 Influence of company characteristics on communication between companies 116
5.4 Concluding remarks 123
Chapter 6 - Influence of Inter-Organizational Communication on performance 127
6.1 Baseline statistics 127
6.2 Performance results of inter-organizational communication 130
6.3 Influence of company characteristics on supply chain compliance and company performance 136
6.4 Concluding remarks 142
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Chapter 7 - Synthesis 145
7.1 Summary and conclusions 145
7.2 Theoretical contributions and methodological applications 155
7.3 Managerial and policy implications 158
7.4 Limitations and future research 162
References 165
Appendices 179
Appendix 3.1. The survey questionnaire 179
Appendix 3.2. Category criteria of firm size used in this research 183
Appendix 4.1. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication Antecedents Model for
the company-supplier sample (N=165) 184
Appendix 4.2. Results of hypotheses testing of the revised Communication Antecedents
Model for the company-supplier sample (N=165) 185
Appendix 4.3. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication Antecedents Model for
the company-customer sample (N=96) 186
Appendix 4.4. Results of hypotheses testing of the revised Communication Antecedents
Model for the company-customer sample (N=96) 187
Appendix 4.5. The influences of company characteristics on communication antecedents for
the company-supplier sample 188
Appendix 4.6. The influences of company characteristics on communication antecedents for
the company-customer sample 189
Appendix 5.1. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication Elements Model for the
company-supplier sample (N=165) 190
Appendix 5.2. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication Elements Model for the
company-customer sample (N = 96) 192
Appendix 5.3. The influences of company characteristics on communication for the company-
supplier sample 194
Appendix 5.4. The influences of company characteristics on communication for the company-
customer sample 196
Appendix 6.1. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication-Chain compliance-
Performance Model for the company-supplier sample (N=165) 198
Appendix 6.2. Results of hypotheses testing of the Communication-Chain compliance-
Performance Model for the company-customer sample (N = 96) 199
Appendix 6.3. The influences of company characteristics on supply chain compliance and
company performance for the company-supplier sample 200
Appendix 6.4. The influences of company characteristics on supply chain compliance and
company performance for the company-customer sample 201
Summary 203
中文研究摘要 (summary in Chinese) 211
About the author 219
8 Inter-organizational information exchange, supply chain compliance and performance
List of tables
Table 1.1. The output of poultry and other meat in selected years in China (10,000 tonnes) 19
Table 1.2. Per capita meat possession in selected years in China (kilograms per person). 19
Table 1.3. Poultry production scale for 2008 in China. 19
Table 2.1. The hypotheses for the three models on antecedents, inter-organizational
communication (IOC), and performance. 51
Table 3.1. Location, administrative level of a location, and firm size of the total sample:
frequency (and percentage). 57
Table 3.2. Company type and numbers of the company-supplier and the company-customer
samples. 60
Table 3.3. Profile of the total sample on firm age, respondent position, and poultry types:
number (and percentage). 60
Table 3.4. Profile of the total sample on quality standard: number and (percentage). 61
Table 3.5 Operationalization of constructs of transaction attributes and governance structures. 62
Table 3.6. Operationalization of constructs of inter-organization communication (IOC). 65
Table 3.7. Operationalization of constructs of supply chain compliance and performance. 68
Table 3.8. Decision rules to identify formative constructs and reflective constructs. 71
Table 3.9. Construct validity and reliability, the assessed constructs, and the level of importance. 73
Table 3.10. Overview of the statistical evaluation criteria for reflective constructs. 76
Table 3.11. Missing values for items in the total sample. 78
Table 4.1. Analysis of the reflective construct for the company-supplier sample and the
company-customer sample. 82
Table 4.2. Reliability of the reflective construct for the company-supplier sample and the
company-customer sample. 83
Table 4.3. Construct mean, standard deviations (S.D.) and correlation matrix for the
company-supplier sample (N=165). 83
Table 4.4. Construct means, standard deviations (S.D.) and correlation matrix for the
company-customer sample (N=96). 84
Table 4.5. Results of the hypotheses of the revised Communication Antecedents Model for
the company-supplier sample. 89
Table 4.6. Results for the hypotheses of the revised Communication Antecedents Model for
the company-customer sample. 93
Table 4.7. The significant influences of company characteristics on communication
antecedents for the company-supplier sample. 96
Table 4.8. The significant influences of the company characteristics on communication
antecedents for the company-customer sample. 97
Table 5.1. Construct mean, standard deviations (S.D.) and correlation matrix for the
company-supplier sample (N=165). 102
Table 5.2. Construct mean, standard deviations (S.D.) and correlation matrix for the
company-customer sample (N=96). 102
Table 5.3. Results of the hypotheses of the Communication Elements Model for the company-
supplier sample. 108
Table 5.4. Results for the hypotheses of the Communication Elements Model for the
company-customer sample. 113
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