Investigating the impact of strategic partnership on the competitive advantage of supply chains with the role of financial intermediary (case study: Maham Tekin desert company)

Subject Areas : business management

khadijeh Baharvandi ¹ , Mahdi Mohammadi ²

1 - Department of Management, central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Management, central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2025-05-12 Accepted : 2025-06-23 Published : 2025-06-22

Keywords: Supply chains, financing, competitive advantage, strategic partnership,

Abstract :

In the era of globalization, adopting a combination of strategies by companies can be essential in achieving competitive advantage, success and survival in the market. One of these strategies is strategic partnership. This research aimed to investigate the effect of strategic partnership on the competitive advantage of supply chains with the intermediary role of financing.This research was applied and in terms of method (type) descriptive-correlation based on structural equations, which was survey type in terms of data and information collection method. The statistical population of this research was made up of all managers and employees of Foulad Kavir Maham Tekin. Sampling was done with the help of Cochran's method, based on which 59 people were selected as a statistical sample and simple random sampling method from among the managers and employees of Foulad Kavir Maham Tekin. The tool for data collection in this research was a researcher-made questionnaire containing 22 items, in which the supply chain strategic partnership scale and supply chain competitive advantage of Oyambe et al. (2023) and supply chain financing Chen et al. (2019) and Rezvani (1401) ) use and before distribution, its reliability and validity were also confirmed. Analysis of research data was also done using structural equation modeling.The findings of this research showed the positive and significant impact of supply chain strategic partnership on supply chain competitive advantage. Also, the mediating role of financing was also confirmed in the relationship between strategic partnership and competitive advantage of the supply chain. The results of this research show the direct and indirect impact of strategic partnership on different aspects of gaining a competitive advantage in the supply chain, which shows the need to pay more attention to this strategy.

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