TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine high-tech small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) supply chain partnerships. Partnerships are considered at the level of business function rather than the entire organisation. Second, the drivers of SMEs to engage in partnerships are assessed to see whether functions engage in partnerships for different reasons. Third, performance per function is assessed to see the differential effect of partnerships on the function’s performance.Design/methodology/approach In this study, the relationship between the drivers of SMEs to engage in partnerships, four types of partnerships (marketing and sales, research and development (R&D), purchasing and logistics, and production) and four types of functional performances of firms (marketing and sales, R&D, purchasing and logistics, and production) are examined. The data have been collected from 279 SMEs. The proposed hypotheses are tested using structural equation modelling.Findings The results indicate that there are considerable differences between business functions in terms of the degree of involvement in partnerships and the effect of partnerships on the performance of these functions. This paper contributes to research by explaining the contradictory results of partnerships on SMEs performance.Practical implications This study helps firms understand which type of partnership should be established based on the firm’s drivers to engage in supply chain partnership; and which partnership has a significant effect on which type of business performance of the firm.Originality/value The originality of this study is to investigate the relationship between different drivers to engage in supply chain partnership and different types of partnerships and different functional performance of firm in a single model.
VL  - 67
IS  - 4
SN  - 1741-0401
DO  - 10.1108/IJPPM-01-2017-0017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-01-2017-0017
AU  - Rezaei Jafar
AU  - Ortt Roland
AU  - Trott Paul
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Supply chain drivers, partnerships and performance of high-tech SMEs: An empirical study using SEM
T2  - International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 629
EP  - 653
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -