Relating supply network structure to productive efficiency: A multi-stage empirical investigation

Supply Network Position and Firm Performance: Evidence From Chinese Listed Manufacturing Companies

“…They studied the impact of supply network structure on corporate innovation. However, small sample size may result in an artificial narrowing of the network where the companies are embedded, so some scholars began to use data from multiple industries to construct supply networks (Kim, 2017;Kao et al, 2017). By drawing on the information of 717 suppliers and their major customers from the Compustat database, Kim (2017) identified the major customer networks and reported that customer interconnection has a positive influence on a supplier's profitability.…”

“…By drawing on the information of 717 suppliers and their major customers from the Compustat database, Kim (2017) identified the major customer networks and reported that customer interconnection has a positive influence on a supplier's profitability. Similarly, by using the major customer disclosures data, some scholars constructed supply chain (Kao et al, 2017;Kao, Su, & Chen, 2019), and studied the impacts of supply network structure on corporate productive efficiency. In addition, based on the input-output (IO) accounts provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Ahern and Harford (2014) also constructed supply networks at the industry level, revealing the importance of these industrial networks in explaining the formation and propagation of merger waves.…”

“…Sharma et al (2019) used manual collecting data to establishe supply networks of international business. Some researchers have established relational embeddedness supply networks by using the data of firms' major customers in multiple industries (Kao et al, 2017;Kim, 2017). In contrast to these studies, this paper uses the data of firms' major customers and suppliers, and the data of that firm' customers' suppliers and customers or that firm' suppliers' suppliers and customers (In this way, there are many firms in other industries besides manufacturing firms are including in this network) to construct a more complete supply network with both relational and structural embeddedness.…”

Asset supply networks in humanitarian operations: A combined empirical‐simulation approach

“…In addition, our first research question centers on the impact of a mega disaster on asset flows within the supply network. Kao et al (2017) recognized the benefits of applying social network analysis tools to supply chains and identified social network analysis measures associated with supply chain efficiency. Supply chain literature began recognizing the value of network approaches years ago.…”

“…Choi and Krause (2006) investigated the impact of network complexity on the supply base. Kao et al (2017) recognized the benefits of applying social network analysis tools to supply chains and identified social network analysis measures associated with supply chain efficiency. We also use a network approach to meet our research needs, utilizing Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGM) in our empirical analysis.…”