Ehsan Kashi; Mehri Shahriari
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Relationship management in the supply chain has a significant impact on the operational competitiveness, performance and profitability of the companiesand power is one of the important concepts that is considered in the relationships between members of a supply chain. The purpose of this study was to ...
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Relationship management in the supply chain has a significant impact on the operational competitiveness, performance and profitability of the companiesand power is one of the important concepts that is considered in the relationships between members of a supply chain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of power in supply chain members’ relationships on financial performance of building companies in Semnan. Trust, commitment and strategic performance are also used as mediator variables.This applied research method is descriptive. The research population is the managers of construction companies in Semnan city. For this purpose, 140 questionnaires were collected from this community. The research hypotheses were studied using structural equation modeling. Results show that non-coercive power has a direct and significant impact on trust and commitment in relations between members of the supply chain. If the coercive power has a reciprocal and significant effect on trust. The direct and significant effects of trust on commitment and financial performance and strategic performance have been confirmed. Commitment has a direct and significant effect on strategic performance and financial performance and the direct and significant impact of strategic performance on financial performance has also been confirmed.
Mohammad Nazaripour; Fahime Mirzaee
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of two important component of strategic cost management (SCM) (executional cost management and structural cost management) on financial performance. For this purpose, one specific context is investigated, namely environmental costs. The environmental ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of two important component of strategic cost management (SCM) (executional cost management and structural cost management) on financial performance. For this purpose, one specific context is investigated, namely environmental costs. The environmental costs reflect an ‘executional’ aspect aimed at managing, controlling and optimizing costs for a given environmental strategy, but also a ‘structural’ aspect based on their influence on the firm's cost structure notably in terms of product design, raw materials used and operational process design. Survey data have been collected on a sample of 126 Esfahan’s manufacturing firms. In order to analyze the research hypotheses Pearson correlation matrix and the structural equation model were used. According to the research findings, tracking of environmental costs and implementation of environmental initiatives have significant effects on financial performance. Executional cost management (the tracking of environmental costs) and structural cost management (the implementation of environmental initiatives) are related to each other and they act together to contribute to financial performance. Finally, through improving the current cost structure and providing new initiatives regarding cost structure, the tracking of environmental costs has influence on financial performance.
