Private improving operational effectiveness

For medium and large firms, it is easier for them to internalize and transfer what they have learned from supply chain collaboration to other related business areas due to their diversified businesses and large scope of operations. These spillover effects generate private benefits and thus SCC directly impact firm performance as well as indirectly improve firm performance through collaborative advantages by jointly creating value with their partners. This explains the partial mediation effect of collaborative advantage on the relationship between SCC and FP. 

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