The effect of inter firm knowledge sharing on supply chain and firm performance: a conceptual model proposal

Inter-firm knowledge sharing (IKS) is identified as a significant predictor of positive performance in business relationships. On the premise that the effects of IKS have not been given the deserved schol-arly attention in the SC supply chain context, this paper investigates the effects of IKS on sSupply cChain pPerformance (SCP) and fFirm pPerformance (FP). The hypothesized model is operational-ised with survey data and analyzed using regression analysis. The findings add credence to the posi-tive effects of IKS inter-firm knowledge sharing and identify IKS inter-firm knowledge sharing and supply chain performanceSCP as antecedents to higher FP firm performance in the SCsupply chain.

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