The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to evaluate the roles of a transactive memory system and the supply network flexibility of the firm as antecedents of a firm’s supply chain agility (FSCA), also incorporating the moderating role of the transactive memory system. Second, to evaluate...

"Supply chains are networks. Supply chains are a simplification of what actually happens, and supply networks are much closer to what is real. When two companies engage in business as a buyer and a supplier, they form a buyer-supplier relationship. That is a dyad-two entities linked up in a...

Purpose – The paper aims to study the effect of external managerial social networks on strategic flexibility for a Quality Management perspective. External social networks can affect strategic flexibility positively. QM also contributes to developing these networks. However, there is currently...

Purpose: This paper studies the relationship between network ties (NT) and transactive memory systems (TMS), observed through three dimensions—specialization (TMSS), credibility (TMSCR), and coordination (TMSCO)—in the presence of leadership (LDR) as a moderating variable, in university...

This paper studies the effect of external managerial social networks on strategic flexibility and organizational learning, considering three groups of analysis (Non-QM, ISO and TQM firms). At the present, there is a wide variety of alternatives for managing quality in organizations, such as ISO...