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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 highl...

The purpose of this research is to examine a notion, which is commonly perceived as subjective and endogenous known as fairness (also referred to as justice or impartiality) in the supply chain context. The principal aim of supply chain relationships is to create an avenue where competitive advantage can be achieved both as individual firms and as a chain through working collaboratively on supply chain operations and tasks. By collaborating with autonomous firms, concerns arise about whether ...

This paper examines the factors that influence the perception of fairness in supply chain relationships, how fairness perceptions influence supply chain collaborative activities, and how the perception difference can be reduced between supply chain partners. The data was conducted in the form of interviews with supply chain managers as key informants in some UK firms. Findings show that the notion of fairness is a very ‘sensitive’ subject that many firms elude from, but largely impacts on an ...

Many studies on supply chain collaboration (SCC) have wholly focused attention on developed countries and rarely considered the significance in 3 rd 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 busine...