Measuring Supplier Resilience in Supply Networks

This study is an attempt to conceptualize and develop a supplier resilience scale in the context of supplier-buyer relations. There has been a surge in scholarly attention to understand and conceptualize organizational resilience at the theoretical level. Yet, there are also only a few empirical studies investigating organizational resilience in relation to organizational performance. Despite the growing acknowledgement that organizations operate within networks of suppliers, organizational resilience has not been studied at the supplier level and in supplierbuyer relations. Driven by the need to fill this gap, this study aims at adapting the construct of resilience for the context of supplier-buyer relations management and to develop a supplier resilience measurement scale. Supplier resilience is operationalized through an index and its dimensions are measured by data obtained from a sample of 183 supplier firms. The findings of this study conclude that the scale is an adequate and empirically validated measure of supplier resilience across manufacturing and services industries. Further empirical and theoretical implications for supplier resilience measure are discussed

Quality of relationships with alternative suppliers: The role of supplier resilience and perceived benefits in supply networks

Supplier-buyer exchange relationship and quality of that relationship (supplier satisfaction and commitment) have been examined from various angles in the extant literature. Yet, there is a paucity of research investigating the influence of supplier characteristics - especially supplier resilience - on relationship quality. Driven to fill this gap, this study aims to develop theory of the influence of perceived benefits from supplier-buyer exchange relationship and supplier resilience on relationship quality. Data drawn from 97 supplier-buyer dyads were used. Hierarchical regression analyses showed the positive influence of both perceived benefits from supplier-buyer exchange relationships and supplier resilience on relationship quality. Further empirical and theoretical implications, as well as the limitations of the study, are discussed