The Effect of Firm-Specific and Industry-Specific Determinants on Automobile Industry Export Performance: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Performance

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of firm-specific (FSD) and industry-specific determinants (ISD) on supply-chain-performance (SCP), export performance (EP) and SCP’s mediating effect on the relationship between FSD, ISD, and EP. It develops a theoretical framework from literature and empirically validates using the Indian automobile industry segments (IAIS) data. The sample frame consists of firms in ISIS between 2010–11 and 2020–21. The paper employs factor analysis for construct validity, panel-data-fixed-effect models to analyze the relationships, and bootstrap for cross-validation. It reveals that FSD and ISD directly influence both SCP and EP. SCP completely mediates the relationship between FSD, ISD, and EP.