A Study of the Relationships Between Trading Partnership and Organization Performance Based on the Transaction Cost Theory: A Case of the Suppliers of a Large Manufacturer

• Main Authors: Li-Li Wang, 王莉莉
• Other Authors: 陳叡智
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76115392289734672952

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 會計學系碩士在職專班 === 96 === As a result of fast-changing environments and shortened product life cycle, companies are aiming to integrate internal functions and establish close trading partnerships in order to improve productivity and quality, to reduce costs and increase profit. Therefore the impacts of trading partnerships on organization performance become an important issue. Most supply chain research mainly focus on the buyers, this research is from sellers’ viewpoint, also known as suppliers, to study the relationships among the transaction characteristics of supply chain, trading partnership and the organization performance. It uses questionnaire survey to collect data from the suppliers of a large electronic manufacturer, and adopts regression analysis to test the hypothesis. The results show that the higher the asset specificity invested for manufacturers, or the higher the demand uncertainty is, or the higher the trading frequency is, then the closer trading partnership develops between the supplier and manufacturers. Moreover, trading partnership has positive influence on the supplier’s organizational performance. Finally, the asset specificity invested will affect suppliers’ organization performance through the partnership flexibility and relationship quality with manufacturers.