IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bas/econst/y2021i5p118-142.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessing Integrated Back and Forth Relationship in Bulgarian Cluster Supply Chains

Author

Listed:
  • Maria Vodenicharova

Abstract

Cluster supply chain is enterprise network with a feature of cluster and supply chain and is an important channel for enterprises close to the knowledge, resources, markets, and technologies. The research into cluster supply chains focuses on the theory of industrial clusters and plays an important role in their development and competitiveness. The aim is to study the relations along the supply chain – both back and forth, which will boost the development of clusters. The idea for the present research emerged from the conference "China and Central & Eastern Europe", International Scientific Forum in 2020, where the author presented a report on strengthening the cooperation between Bulgaria and China by building back and forth supply chain relationships.The methods of research analysis are: method for analysing the strength of the back and forth relations along the supply chain; questionnaire method; statistical method for research of relations and dependencies. The total number of clusters included in the questionnaire are 42 and they are the main performing clusters in Bulgaria. Of the clusters under consideration, those with the highest share are the ones whose business is in the field of electrical engineering – 12% and ICT – 11.8% of the total number. Almost 5% is the share of the clusters in the field of machine building, textile and sewing industry – 4.8%, tourism and health industry – 4.5%. The Likert scale is used to assess the results from the questionnaire study. The study was conducted in the period between 2018 and 2020.In conclusion, it can be stated that clusters in Bulgaria have not built well developed back and forth relations along the supply chain because the results from the analysis of the strength of the inner-cluster relations in terms of sales, back and forth along the supply chain illustrate low importance and insufficient development. A statistically significant relation exists between the availability of a logistics company and the general evaluation of the cluster related to the degree of development of the relations back and forth along the supply chain. The use of modern digital technologies (cloud technology, big data, multichannels, omnichannels, blockchain etc.) is not at a high level and can further be developed, which will push development back and forth along the supply chain in the clusters in Bulgaria.This study explores and uncovers, for the first time, back and forth cluster supply chain relationship in Bulgaria. This study provides insights to clusters managers and for their strategies.

Suggested Citation

  • Maria Vodenicharova, 2021. "Assessing Integrated Back and Forth Relationship in Bulgarian Cluster Supply Chains," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 5, pages 118-142.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econst:y:2021:i:5:p:118-142
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.iki.bas.bg/Journals/EconomicStudies/2021/2021-5/6_Vodenicharova.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Irena Slavova & Yovka Bankova & Christo Ivanov, 2018. "Clusters and Cluster Initiatives in Bulgaria: Development and Challenges," Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 4, pages 14-28, December.
    2. Anonymous, 2014. "Introduction to the Issue," Journal of Wine Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(1), pages 1-2, May.
    3. Timothy Sturgeon & Johannes Van Biesebroeck & Gary Gereffi, 2008. "Value chains, networks and clusters: reframing the global automotive industry," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 297-321, May.
    4. Anonymous, 2014. "Introduction to the Issue," Journal of Wine Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(2), pages 109-110, August.
    5. Miroslav Stefanov, 2018. "Features of Compressed Natural Gas Physical Distribution: A Bulgarian Case Study," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-21, September.
    6. Diana Claudia SALA & Madalina Dumitrita MATICIUC & Valentin Partenie MUNTEANU, 2016. "Clusters Influence On Competitiveness. Evidences From European Union Countries," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 10(1), pages 10-17, November.
    7. Nikolay Dragomirov, 2020. "E-Commerce Platforms and Supply Chain Management – Functionalities Study," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 2, pages 250-261, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. CHEN, Helen S.Y., 2020. "Designing Sustainable Humanitarian Supply Chains," OSF Preprints m82ar, Center for Open Science.
    2. Jochen Wulf, 2020. "Development of an AHP hierarchy for managing omnichannel capabilities: a design science research approach," Business Research, Springer;German Academic Association for Business Research, vol. 13(1), pages 39-68, April.
    3. Maggie O’Neill & Ruth Penfold-Mounce & David Honeywell & Matt Coward-Gibbs & Harriet Crowder & Ivan Hill, 2021. "Creative Methodologies for a Mobile Criminology: Walking as Critical Pedagogy," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 26(2), pages 247-268, June.
    4. Getz, Donald & Page, Stephen J., 2016. "Progress and prospects for event tourism research," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 593-631.
    5. Schipper, Burkhard C., 2021. "Discovery and equilibrium in games with unawareness," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    6. Kumar, Kaushalendra & Shukla, Ankita & Singh, Abhishek & Ram, Faujdar & Kowal, Paul, 2016. "Association between wealth and health among older adults in rural China and India," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 7(C), pages 43-52.
    7. Urša Golob & Mark A. P. Davies & Joachim Kernstock & Shaun M. Powell, 2020. "Trending topics plus future challenges and opportunities in brand management," Journal of Brand Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 27(2), pages 123-129, March.
    8. Eunae Yoo & Elliot Rabinovich & Bin Gu, 2020. "The Growth of Follower Networks on Social Media Platforms for Humanitarian Operations," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 29(12), pages 2696-2715, December.
    9. Ya Sun & Gongyuan Wang & Haiying Feng, 2021. "Linguistic Studies on Social Media: A Bibliometric Analysis," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, September.
    10. Winskell, Kate & Sabben, Gaëlle, 2016. "Sexual stigma and symbolic violence experienced, enacted, and counteracted in young Africans’ writing about same-sex attraction," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 143-150.
    11. Shisong Jiang, 2021. "“When Paradigms Are Out of Place”: Embracing Eclecticism in Legal Scholarship by Academic Turns," Laws, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-16, October.
    12. Florian Léon, 2022. "The elusive quest for high-growth firms in Africa: when other metrics of performance say nothing," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 225-246, January.
    13. Houshmand Masoumi, 2021. "Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-18, May.
    14. Zachary P Neal, 2017. "Well connected compared to what? Rethinking frames of reference in world city network research," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 49(12), pages 2859-2877, December.
    15. Tanja Lepistö & Tiina Mäkitalo-Keinonen & Tiina Valjakka, 0. "Opportunity recognition in a hub-governed network – insights from garage services," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-24.
    16. Holbig, Heike, 2015. "The Plasticity of Regions: A Social Sciences–Cultural Studies Dialogue on Asia-Related Area Studies," GIGA Working Papers 267, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    17. Wagner, Sebastian & Brandt, Tobias & Neumann, Dirk, 2016. "In free float: Developing Business Analytics support for carsharing providers," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 59(PA), pages 4-14.
    18. Lyall, Catherine & Tait, Joyce, 2019. "Beyond the limits to governance: New rules of engagement for the tentative governance of the life sciences," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(5), pages 1128-1137.
    19. Martin Dubrovsky & Miroslav Trnka & Ian Holman & Eva Svobodova & Paula Harrison, 2015. "Developing a reduced-form ensemble of climate change scenarios for Europe and its application to selected impact indicators," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 128(3), pages 169-186, February.
    20. Anna Karpova & Aleksei Savelev & Nataliya Maksimova, 2021. "Modeling the Process of School Shooters Radicalization (Russian Case)," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-26, December.

    More about this item

    JEL classification:

    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bas:econst:y:2021:i:5:p:118-142. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Diana Dimitrova (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/ikbasbg.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.