Drivers of relationship quality and supply chain collaboration: evidence from a developing country

Many studies on supply chain collaboration (SCC) have wholly focused attention on developed countries and rarely considered the significance in 3rd world nations. Although SCC has been well researched, this research attempts to shift the attention to Nigeria, a developing nation with the largest economy in Africa. This paper examines the significance of supply chain collaborative activities and relationship quality in Nigerian beverage manufacturing industry, particularly for superior business performance. Results were collected from a total of 269 wholesalers of the largest beverage manufacturing firms in Nigeria. We examined the effects ofcollaborative activities and relationship quality between wholesalers and manufactures on the wholesalers’ business performance. Specific collaborative activities and relationship quality measures that impact wholesalers’ performance were revealed through regression analyses. Manufacturers and service providers in Nigeria continually seek knowledge on gaining competitive advantage and improving their organizational performance due to the highly unpredictable business environment that they operate in. Our study offers insights for practitioners both in Africa and the global environment regarding the value of collaborative activities and relationship quality between supply chain members as mechanisms for achieving outstanding business performance

Strategic Importance of Credit Risk Management to Shareholders’ Wealth-Sustanance in Nigerian Banks: an Empirical Analysis

This study highlighted the roles and strategic importance of credit risk management in the banking industry vis-à-vis sustenance of shareholders’ wealth. The authors examined whether a reduction in the non-performing credits in banks’ loan portfolio will reveal a possible correlation between effective credit risk management administration and shareholder’s wealth. In testing this, secondary data were sourced from the randomly selected five banks financials (between the period of 2006 to 2010) with the use of relevant ratios. Two hypotheses were tested using multiple regression and correlation method. The result of hypothesis one showed that the calculated r – statistics (r =.429, p<0.05) was greater than the tabulated r – statistics (r =.381) showing that the test was significant at 0.05 alpha level. The result of hypothesis two also showed that the calculated r-statistics (r=.403, p<0.05) was greater than tabulated r-statistics (r=.381) at 0.05 level of significance which implied that, there was a significant relationship between credit risk management and shareholders’ wealth. Based on these results, the authors recommended that, the banking sector should strive to employ objective standards of professionalism, experience and high integrity in placement of managers who are responsible for managing the credit portfolios; for this will largely influence the quality of risk assets management and debt recovery which will in-turn engender confidence in the banking industry and ensure the sustenance of shareholders’ wealth and investment

Strategic Importance of Credit Risk Management to Shareholders’ Wealth-Sustanance in Nigerian Banks: an Empirical Analysis

This study highlighted the roles and strategic importance of credit risk management in thebanking industry vis-à-vis sustenance of shareholders’ wealth. The authors examined whether areduction in the non-performing credits in banks’ loan portfolio will reveal a possible correlationbetween effective credit risk management administration and shareholder’s wealth. In testing this,secondary data were sourced from the randomly selected five banks financials (between the period of2006 to 2010) with the use of relevant ratios. Twohypotheses were tested using multiple regressionand correlation method. The result of hypothesis one showed that the calculated r – statistics (r =.429,p<0.05) was greater than the tabulated r – statistics (r =.381) showing that the test was significantat0.05 alpha level. The result of hypothesis two alsoshowed that the calculated r-statistics (r=.403,p<0.05) was greater than tabulated r-statistics (r=.381) at 0.05 level of significance which impliedthat, there was a significant relationship betweencredit risk management and shareholders’ wealth.Based on these results, the authors recommended that, the banking sector should strive to employobjective standards of professionalism, experienceand high integrity in placement of managers whoare responsible for managing the credit portfolios;for this will largely influence the quality of riskassets management and debt recovery which will in-turn engender confidence in the banking industryand ensure the sustenance of shareholders’ wealth and investment

Supply Chain Management Systems in Africa: insights from Nigeria.

This chapter investigates the barriers and driving forces of supply chain collaboration in Nigeria as prior research has not adequately explored this issue in developing countries. Using an in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with purchasing and supply chain managers in the food and beverage manufacturing industry in Nigeria, our results reveal the fragmented nature of supply chain management systems. Our findings also show how supply chain collaborations struggle to flourish in a highly unpredictable market. Thus, this chapter offers insights into the different factors that act as barriers to effective collaboration between supply chain partners. We also show how IT infrastructure and digital technologies could be used as a springboard to promote collaboration in the African context. The barriers and drivers are segmented into three distinct levels such as external, internal, and supply chain level. The theoretical and practical implications of this research are highlighted

Embedding corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises: a framework for successful implementation and value creation through employee engagement

In this paper, we address two interrelated research gaps in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) literature. The first is a lack of understanding of how CSR strategies are constructed and successfully implemented in practice. The second is the dearth of literature related to embedding CSR within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). We developed the Conceptual Model of Employee Engagement, CSR Implementation and Value Creation from the literature, applying the Communication Constitutes Organisations (CCO) theoretical lens. This lens proposes that companies move through three communicative phases in embedding CSR: the leadership-driven instrumental phase, the political phase (which seeks feedback from stakeholders) and the networked phase (where CSR activities are co-created with employees). The conceptual model was tested using in-depth case studies with five Northern Irish SMEs. It was found that companies took a phased-approach to CSR implementation, with increasing employee engagement within each phase. The CCO approach results in value creation through CSR becoming initialised and embraced by employees through the 'hard’ and 'soft’ wiring of CSR activities into organisational decision-making. The findings were then operationalised to create The Analytical Framework for Employee Engagement, CSR Implementation and Value Creation to provide guidance to practitioners and policymakers on approaches to incorporating CSR.</p