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The impact of supply chain fit on business and innovation performance in Brazilian companies

Ricardo Zimmermann (INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal)
Luis Miguel D.F. Ferreira (Department of Mechanical Engineering, CEMMPRE, Univ Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)
Antonio Carrizo Moreira (DEGEIT and GOVCOPP, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
Ana Cristina Barros (INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal)
Henrique Luiz Correa (Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, USA)

The International Journal of Logistics Management

ISSN: 0957-4093

Article publication date: 20 August 2020

Issue publication date: 30 January 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper investigates the effect of the fit between supply and demand uncertainty (SDU) and supply chain responsiveness (SCR) (SC fit) on business and innovation performance in Brazilian companies.

Design/methodology/approach

The study presented an analysis carried out on an empirical study based on a sample of 150 manufacturing companies. Business and innovation performance of companies with different types of SC fit ( high–high and low–low fits) and misfit (positive and negative) are compared and discussed.

Findings

The results indicated that SC fit had a positive effect on both business and innovation performance. Further analyses suggested that companies with SC fit present similar business performance, independent of the level of SDU that characterizes the environment where they compete, while companies in environments with higher levels of uncertainty tend to present superior innovation performance. Companies with positive and negative misfit present similar performance.

Originality/value

An analysis of the literature showed that there is no consensus when it comes to the definitions and measurements of SC fit. The paper investigates the effects of SC fit on business and innovation performance, while previous empirical studies have mainly addressed its impact on financial performance. Moreover, this study compares the effects of two types of fit and two types of misfit and assesses SC fit in Brazilian manufacturing companies, analyzing the context of an under-researched reality.

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Acknowledgements

This work is financed by National Funds through the Portuguese funding agency, FCT –Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, within project UIDB/50014/2020. This research is sponsored by FEDER funds through the program COMPETE– Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade– and by national funds through FCT–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia –, under the project UIDB/00285/2020.

Citation

Zimmermann, R., Ferreira, L.M.D.F., Moreira, A.C., Barros, A.C. and Correa, H.L. (2021), "The impact of supply chain fit on business and innovation performance in Brazilian companies", The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 141-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-01-2020-0040

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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