The influence of strategic consensus among enterprises on supply chain financing performance

Abstract

Based on the cognitive behavior theory, this study builds a “cognitive-behavior-performance” model to analyze the path that strategic consensus among enterprises influences supply chain financing performance through supply chain integration, and the moderating role of strategic flexibility in it. The analysis was performed using SPSS. Based on the data of 469 small and medium-sized enterprises, the results show that :(1) the stronger the strategic consensus among enterprises, the higher the performance of supply chain financing;(2) strategic consensus among enterprises can promote supply chain financing performance through supply chain integration;(3) strategic flexibility is beneficial to enhance the positive effect of supply chain integration on supply chain financing performance. This means that SMEs should enhance strategic mutual trust and cooperation and communication with core enterprises, strengthen their competitiveness to improve the integration level of supply chain, and pay attention to the changes of external environment to maintain strategic flexibility, so as to lay a solid foundation for the improvement of supply chain financing performance.