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Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) play a significant role in a country’s economic growth and development, particularly emerging markets. However, Covid-19 pandemic dramatically hit the MSMEs sector, which has resulted in affecting both supply and demand as well as affecting organizational survival. Moreover, the performance of the MSMEs sector has dramatically declined, and customers could not get their needs and requirements, which resulted in supply chain vulnerability and lack of customers’ satisfaction. Accordingly, this research focused on enhancing the MSMEs’ inter-organizational customer relationship management through developing a framework that manages the organizational supply chain activities and practices.
This research adopted an empirical study on the Egyptian MSMEs sector through employing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Firstly, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was conducted for all research variables using two prominent databases (Scopus and Web of Science) through PRISMA guidelines to explore the causal relationship between the research variables, upon which the theoretical framework was to be developed. Then, semi-structured interviews with MSMEs’ eco-system stakeholders were conducted as a preliminary study to analyze the current situation of the Egyptian MSMEs sector and to validate the proposed framework by using content analysis based on NVivo software packages, through which the conceptual framework was identified. Finally, a self-administrative questionnaire was distributed to MSMEs’ end consumers to investigate the causal relationship between research variables through smart Partial Lease Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), identify the key significant variables affecting the Egyptian MSMEs sector, and recommend a roadmap for MSMEs’ stakeholders to cope with a dynamic business environment and to satisfy their consumers’ needs.
The findings of this research revealed the causal relationship between supply chain management practices and customer relationship management objectives (i.e., customer satisfaction and customer loyalty) through MSMEs’ operational performance, where the SEM resulted in identifying the main significant factors affecting the Egyptian MSMEs sector. The results showed the positive significant impact of strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship management practices, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, and lean practices on MSMEs’ operational performance, as well as the positive significant impact of strategic supplier partnership, level of information sharing, lean practices, and postponement practices on customer satisfaction. Moreover, operational performance has a significant impact on customer satisfaction, which in turn has a positive impact on customer loyalty. Additionally, operational performance mediates the relationship between supply chain management practices (i.e., strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship management practices, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing and lean practices) and customer satisfaction. Finally, a recommended road map was suggested for MSMEs’ stakeholders to improve their operational performance and customer satisfaction level, especially during pandemic situations and similar crises. |