The Mediating Role of Intrapreneurship between Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance

Abstract

Today, SMEs give attention to Supply Chain Management (SCM) for gaining competitiveness. This integrity supports managers in accomplishing the competitive edge which they are seeking for. The aim of the present study is to detect the scopes of a novel constructs called the Intrapreneurship and Supply chain Integration. Thus, the concepts of Intrapreneurship and SCI are put together in order to measure firm performance. The importance of this issue is in terms of getting high performance in industry which has potential through SCI and Intrapreneurship. People and intrapreneurship are one of the main part of supply chain which can caused to increase performance .The results show that SCI  is a vital issue which can change the firm performance , therefore it is needed to concentrate on the integration of supply chain and it effect on firm innovation and intrapreneurship. So, to succeed in this competitive environment, SMEs should develop unique competences that are inimitable to maximize their utility in the supply chain, and accordingly to improve their performance.

Keywords: Supply Chain Integration, Intrapreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Firm Performance. Agriculture Industry