COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF FIRMS IN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: EVIDENCE FROM MANUFACTURING
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Border Special Economic Zones are acceleration nodes of international supply chains but face constraints in logistics and information. Organizations therefore need to rapidly translate supply chain management (SCM) into competitive advantage (CA). However, empirical evidence on the “transmission mechanism” in this context remains limited. This study tests the relationships SCM→dynamic capabilities (DC) and DC→CA using a cross-sectional survey of manufacturing firms in the Mae Sot SEZ (n = 115). Data were collected over three months (December 2024–February 2025) via purposive sampling, yielding a 77.18% response rate. The instrument passed reliability and validity checks, and multiple regression was employed (SCM→DC using the enter method; DC→CA using variable/stepwise selection).
Results indicate that SCM→DC shows moderate explanatory power (Adj. R² = .238). Prominent downstream logistics dimensions were delivery (β = 0.757, p < .001) and warehouse management (β = 0.688, p = .001). In addition, production (β = 0.461, p = .001) and inventory (β = 0.591, p = .014) positively affected DC. For DC→CA, the aggregate model was of borderline significance (Adj. R² = .054). At the dimensional level, adaptability (β = 0.521, p = .002) and integration (β = 0.266, p = .049) had positive effects on CA, whereas learning showed a short-term negative effect (β = −0.297, p = .026). These findings reinforce the role of DC as the linking mechanism between SCM and CA and suggest prioritizing investments in downstream logistics and real-time information systems in border settings.
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