Papers included in the meta-analysis
| Paper | Sample | Type of performance | Economic region | Country | Industry | SCA base scale | Analysis methods | SCA–performance relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdallah et al. (2021) | 284 | Operational performance | Developing | Jordan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Abdelilah et al. (2021) | 112 | Operational performance | Developing | Morocco | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm’s operational performance |
| Alam et al. (2019) | 250 | Overall performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firms’ sales performance |
| Aljumah (2022) | 283 | Overall performance | Developing | United Arab Emirates | Service | Swafford et al. (2006) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on organisational performance |
| Al-Shboul (2017) | 113 | Overall performance | Developing | Multiple countries | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on manufacturing firm performance |
| Altay et al. (2018) | 335 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | Swafford et al. (2006) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on humanitarian SC performance Unconfirmed positive impact on pre-disaster phases humanitarian SC performance (post-disaster phases) |
| Alzoubi and Yanamandra (2020) | 132 | Overall performance | Developing | United Arab Emirates | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Ariadi et al. (2021) | 139 | Financial performance | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance |
| Attia (2015) | 153 | Overall performance | Developing | Egypt | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on organisational performance |
| Avelar-Sosa et al. (2018) | 225 | Financial performance | Developing | Mexico | Both | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance |
| Ayoub and Abdallah (2019) | 290 | Financial performance | Developing | Jordan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on export performance |
| Baah et al. (2022) | 175 | Operational performance | Developing | Ghana | Manufacturing | Gligor et al. (2013) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Blome et al. (2013) | 121 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Cadden et al. (2022) | 201 | Operational performance | Developed | US | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on supply chain performance |
| Chan et al. (2017) | 141 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Chen (2019) | 204 | Operational performance | Developing | Taiwan | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage |
| Eckstein et al. (2015) | 143 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Manufacturing | Li et al. (2009) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost performance and operational performance |
| Fernandez-Giordano et al. (2021) | 190 | Operational performance | Developed | Spain | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Fosso Wamba and Akter (2019) | 281 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Services | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Garcia-Alcaraz et al. (2017) | 306 | Operational performance | Developing | Mexico | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on economic performance and operational performance |
| Geyi et al. (2020) | 311 | Operational performance | Developed | UK | Manufacturing | Li et al. (2009) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Girdwichai and Somjai (2019) | 310 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Unspecified | Swafford et al. (2006) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Gligor (2016) | 242 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Gligor et al. (2013) | Correlational | Unconfirmed positive impact on financial performance |
| Gligor and Holcomb (2012b) | 151 | Operational performance | Developed | North America | Services | Li et al. (2009) | Correlational | Positive impact on operational performance and relational performance |
| Gligor et al. (2020) | 182 | Financial performance | Both | Multiple countries | Both | Gligor et al. (2013) | Correlational | Positive impact on organisational performance |
| Gligor et al. (2022) | 237 | Overall performance | Undefined | Undefined | Both | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance Unconfirmed positive impact on operational and relational performance |
| Gligor et al. (2015) | 283 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Both | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost efficiency and customer effectiveness. Unconfirmed positive impact on financial performance |
| Hu et al. (2022) | 308 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage |
| Hwang and Kim (2019) | 279 | Financial performance | Developing | South Korea | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance |
| Irfan et al. (2019) | 148 | Overall performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Li et al. (2009) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on business performance |
| Jafari et al. (2021) | 369 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Jamjumrus and Sritragool (2019) | 272 | Financial performance | Developing | Thailand | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance |
| Jermsittiparsert et al. (2019a) | 298 | Unspecified | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Jermsittiparsert et al. (2019b) | 499 | Operational performance | Developing | Thailand | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Kabra and Ramesh (2016) | 193 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | Swafford et al. (2006) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on Humanitarian SC performance |
| Khan et al. (2023) | 146 | Financial performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on export performance |
| Khan et al. (2022) | 163 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on post-COVID disruption performance |
| Liu et al. (2013) | 286 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Machuca et al. (2021) | 304 | Operational performance | Both | Multiple-countries | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage |
| Mandal (2016) | 177 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Mandal (2018) | 212 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Mandal and Dubey (2020) | 302 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on sustainable tourism SC performance |
| Manzoor et al. (2022) | 180 | Overall performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance and competitive advantage |
| Martinez-Sanchez and Lahoz-Leo (2018) | 231 | Financial performance | Developed | Spain | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Mirghafoori et al. (2017) | 74 | Financial performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | – |
| Muneer (2019) | 231 | Financial performance | Developing | Malaysia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance |
| Najar (2022) | 125 | Operational performance | Developing | Republic of Tunisia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Unconfirmed positive impact on innovation performance |
| Nath and Agrawal (2020) | 311 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on sustainability performance |
| Nazempour et al. (2018) | 500 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Panigrahi et al. (2022) | 398 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Prawira et al. (2019) | 560 | Operational performance | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance |
| Ramos et al. (2023) | 98 | Operational performance | Developing | Peru | Both | Others | fsQCA | Positive impact on supply chain performance |
| Riquelme-Medina et al. (2022) | 214 | Financial performance | Developed | Spain | Both | Swafford et al. (2006) | Regression analysis | Positive impact on performance |
| Samdantsoodol et al. (2017) | 205 | Operational performance | Developing | Mongolia | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance |
| Sangari and Razmi (2015) | 184 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Li et al. (2009) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Tarafdar and Qrunfleh (2016) | 205 | Operational performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Tse et al. (2016) | 266 | Financial performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | Swafford et al. (2006) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Um (2017) | 156 | Financial performance | Both | Multiple countries | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance through customer service and differentiation Direct negative impact on business performance through ROS, ROA, market share growth and sales growth |
| Umam and Sommanawat (2019) | 94 | Unspecified | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Li et al. (2009) | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance |
| Whitten et al. (2012) | 132 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance and SC performance |
| Yang (2014) | 137 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost efficiency Unconfirmed positive impact on performance |
| Zakir et al. (2022) | 200 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance |
| Zhu and Gao (2021) | 208 | Financial performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | Gligor et al. (2013) | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance |
| Paper | Sample | Type of performance | Economic region | Country | Industry | SCA base scale | Analysis methods | SCA–performance relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 | Operational performance | Developing | Jordan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 112 | Operational performance | Developing | Morocco | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm’s operational performance | |
| 250 | Overall performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firms’ sales performance | ||
| 283 | Overall performance | Developing | United Arab Emirates | Service | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on organisational performance | ||
| 113 | Overall performance | Developing | Multiple countries | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on manufacturing firm performance | |
| 335 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on humanitarian SC performance | ||
| 132 | Overall performance | Developing | United Arab Emirates | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 139 | Financial performance | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance | |
| 153 | Overall performance | Developing | Egypt | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on organisational performance | |
| 225 | Financial performance | Developing | Mexico | Both | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance | |
| 290 | Financial performance | Developing | Jordan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on export performance | |
| 175 | Operational performance | Developing | Ghana | Manufacturing | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | ||
| 121 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Manufacturing | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 201 | Operational performance | Developed | US | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on supply chain performance | ||
| 141 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | ||
| 204 | Operational performance | Developing | Taiwan | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage | ||
| 143 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost performance and operational performance | ||
| 190 | Operational performance | Developed | Spain | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 281 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Services | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | |
| 306 | Operational performance | Developing | Mexico | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on economic performance and operational performance | |
| 311 | Operational performance | Developed | UK | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 310 | Operational performance | Developed | Germany | Unspecified | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 242 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Correlational | Unconfirmed positive impact on financial performance | ||
| 151 | Operational performance | Developed | North America | Services | Correlational | Positive impact on operational performance and relational performance | ||
| 182 | Financial performance | Both | Multiple countries | Both | Correlational | Positive impact on organisational performance | ||
| 237 | Overall performance | Undefined | Undefined | Both | CB-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance | ||
| 283 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Both | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost efficiency and customer effectiveness. Unconfirmed positive impact on financial performance | ||
| 308 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage | |
| 279 | Financial performance | Developing | South Korea | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance | |
| 148 | Overall performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on business performance | ||
| 369 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 272 | Financial performance | Developing | Thailand | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance | |
| 298 | Unspecified | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 499 | Operational performance | Developing | Thailand | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 193 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on Humanitarian SC performance | ||
| 146 | Financial performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on export performance | |
| 163 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on post-COVID disruption performance | |
| 286 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | |
| 304 | Operational performance | Both | Multiple-countries | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on competitive advantage | |
| 177 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 212 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | ||
| 302 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Services | CB-SEM | Positive impact on sustainable tourism SC performance | ||
| 180 | Overall performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance and competitive advantage | |
| 231 | Financial performance | Developed | Spain | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | |
| 74 | Financial performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | – | |
| 231 | Financial performance | Developing | Malaysia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance | |
| 125 | Operational performance | Developing | Republic of Tunisia | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Unconfirmed positive impact on innovation performance | |
| 311 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on sustainability performance | |
| 500 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | ||
| 398 | Operational performance | Developing | India | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | |
| 560 | Operational performance | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on operational performance | |
| 98 | Operational performance | Developing | Peru | Both | Others | fsQCA | Positive impact on supply chain performance | |
| 214 | Financial performance | Developed | Spain | Both | Regression analysis | Positive impact on performance | ||
| 205 | Operational performance | Developing | Mongolia | Both | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance | |
| 184 | Operational performance | Developing | Iran | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | ||
| 205 | Operational performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 266 | Financial performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | ||
| 156 | Financial performance | Both | Multiple countries | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance through customer service and differentiation | |
| 94 | Unspecified | Developing | Indonesia | Manufacturing | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on firm performance | ||
| 132 | Financial performance | Developed | USA | Manufacturing | Others | PLS-SEM | Positive impact on financial performance and SC performance | |
| 137 | Overall performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on cost efficiency Unconfirmed positive impact on performance | |
| 200 | Operational performance | Developing | Pakistan | Manufacturing | Others | CB-SEM | Positive impact on SC performance | |
| 208 | Financial performance | Developing | China | Manufacturing | CB-SEM | Positive impact on business performance |
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