Designing and Explaining the Structural Model of Financial Agility of the Supply Chain Process of Commercial Companies in Iran with a Combined Approach

Abstract

The population of participants in this study included academic and industry experts that the number of samples was selected based on the method of snowball sampling to people. In data analysis, first, codes and components of financial agility were extracted from the interviews and developed in the form of a conceptual data model of the foundation. The central category was financial agility, which was presented in 3 dimensions, as well as causal, contextual, intervening conditions, strategies and results, and the final model was presented. Then, using Delphi analysis method, design questionnaire and initial model were presented by experts in correction, approval and financial streamlining model of supply chain process of commercial companies in Iran. Second-order factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) have been used. In general, the research findings of this section also showed that there is a significant relationship between causal conditions and the central category. the results of this study, the main categories of the developed model include intra-organizational, technological and human factors of financial agility of the supply chain process of commercial companies in Iran, based on which the expected consequences of the financial agility model can be achieved.