System Engineering and Productivity

System Engineering and Productivity

The Impact of Quality Information on Supply Chain Performance with the Mediating Role of Information Sharing (Case Study: University of Tehran Science and Technology Park)

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Abdolnezam Jafari 1
Ghasem Parvarinexhad 2
1 Corresponding author: Ph.D., Department of Economics and Accounting, Faculty of Management and Military Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Islamic Azad University, Mehdi Shahr Branch, Semnan, Iran
10.22034/sep.2025.2066782.1361
Abstract
The present study was applied in terms of purpose and data collection method, and was a descriptive-correlational survey. The statistical population of management levels and experts of knowledge-based companies in the Science and Technology Park of the University of Tehran was 187 people, of which 126 people were selected using stratified sampling based on the Cochran formula and were measured with a 25-question adapted questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by content and construct methods and its reliability was confirmed by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.82. Descriptive statistics and SPSS 24 software were used to analyze demographic data and extract central indicators, and structural equation modeling and PLS2 Smart software were used to analyze inferential statistics. In general, in this study, the relationship between the buyer and the supplier was examined in terms of information sharing, information quality, and supply chain performance. The results indicate that supply chain partners can coordinate their activities by providing high-quality information to enable interactions between buyers and suppliers, and that information sharing acts as a mediator between information quality and supply chain performance. In other words, information sharing, as a vital mechanism, plays the role of a communication bridge and enables the full exploitation of high-quality information to achieve superior supply chain performance. The research model with an excellent fit index was able to explain 49.1% of the variations in supply chain performance.

Highlights

  • Information quality has a positive effect on supply chain performance and information sharing.
  • Information sharing has a positive mediating role on supply chain information quality
  • Information quality has an effective role on market share and improving customer satisfaction.

Keywords
Information Sharing
Quality Information
Supply Chain Performance
Buyer and Supplier
Knowledge-based companies
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System Engineering and Productivity

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