Browsing by Author "Kanani, Renger"

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    Dealing with quality uncertainty in perishable supply chains: Consideration of buyer-supplier geographical distance and the choice of procurement channel
    (Inderscience Publishers, 2019) Kanani, Renger
    Building on principal-agent and transaction cost theories, this study expands knowledge on quality uncertainty in agri-food supply chains by examining the antecedents of produce quality uncertainty including information asymmetry and the degree of produce perishability. It then examined buyer-supplier geographical distance and the choice of procurement channel as moderators of the effect of degree of produce perishability on quality uncertainty. In order to test the relationship among the research variables, four hypotheses were developed and tested with survey data from 239 food processing firms. The results show that information asymmetry and the degree of produce perishability have very strong positive influence on quality uncertainty. However, the influence of perishability is positively moderated by the degree of produce perishability and negatively by the choice of procurement channel.
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    The effect of product quality uncertainty on quality-screening efforts: does the purchase frequency and procurement channel choice matter?
    (Inderscience Publishers, 2018) Kanani, Renger; Buvik, Arnt
    Product quality uncertainty is one of the major concerns for buyers in online transactions. In fact, research into the consequences and control of this uncertainty in online transactions has increased considerably in recent years. However, product quality uncertainty poses challenges not only to online buyers, but also to offline buyers. Therefore, the objectives of this empirical study were to examine the effect of product quality uncertainty on quality-screening efforts in offline transactions, and whether the frequency of purchase from the same source and the choice of procurement channel may be used as control mechanisms to reduce this effect. Empirical evidence from 239 small food-processing firms shows that product quality uncertainty has a positive effect on quality-screening efforts. Moreover, our findings demonstrate that this effect decreases significantly when food processors purchase frequently from the same source, and when they buy directly from the farm rather than through intermediaries.
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    Effects of product perishability, supplier geographical distance and supplier quality performance on Buyer control in agriculture supply chains
    (InderScience Publishers, 2020) Kanani, Renger; Buvik, Arnt
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the degree of produce perishability on buyer control and examine this effect across different levels of supplier distance and supplier quality performance. This study was motivated by the vulnerability of quality of perishable agricultural produce to various logistical and transportation activities, including packaging of products, loading, and offloading activities. Three hypotheses capturing our research variables were developed and tested by using data obtained from the owner managers and decision makers in the food processing industry. Empirical evidence from 239 food processing firms revealed that the degree of produce perishability positively influences buyer decision to control food supply chain factors that are likely to affect the quality of agricultural produce. The findings demonstrated further that the effect of produce perishability diminished as supplier geographical distance and quality performance increased.
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    The effects of the degree of produce perishability and the choice of procurement channel on supplier opportunism: empirical evidence from the food processing industry
    (Inderscience Publishers, 2018) Kanani, Renger
    Opportunism is an important topic in supply chain management and distribution channels. The emergence of this behaviour in buyer-supplier relationships tends to reduce performance while diminishing value creation in the effected relations. Different transactions call for different control levels depending on the gravity of opportunism in the transaction, with the need for control being higher as opportunism increases. In this regard, it is important to understand the factors that give rise to opportunism to apply appropriate control mechanisms. This study, therefore, explores the effect of the degree of the perishability of the transacted produce on supplier opportunism. Additionally, this study treated the choice of procurement channel as a control mechanism; therefore, we compared the effect of perishability on opportunism in direct and indirect procurement channels. In this study, cross-sectional survey data collected from 239 food processor-produce supplier relationships served as a source of empirical evidence. The empirical findings support our hypotheses and demonstrate that perishability is positively associated with supplier opportunism, with the effect being significantly lower in the direct procurement channels than in the indirect procurement channel.
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    The impact of logistics information sharing and the mediating effect of logistics performance on buyer trust.
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2020) Kanani, Renger
    The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of information sharing and the mediating effect of logistics performance in order accuracy and delivery timeliness on buyer trust. Arguing from social capital theory, logistics and supply chain management literature, seven hypotheses were developed. To test the proposed hypotheses, Smart PLS3 was used to estimate the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) from 91 buyer-supplier relationships within the printing industry. The findings revealed that the sharing of logistics information has a positive influence on the accuracy of order, delivery timeliness and buyer trust. Moreover, order accuracy and delivery timeliness have a positive influence on the buyers’ trust in supplier competency. The mediating effect of logistics performance demonstrated that the effect of information sharing on buyer trust is partially mediated by order accuracy and delivery timeliness.