Table 1 Factors affecting supply chain coordination

Harmonization of conflict

Achrol and Gregory (1999), Carson Stephen et al. (1999), Gundlach et al. (1995), Houston and Johnson (2000), Jap Sandy and Ganesan (2000), Lusch and Brown (1996), Maloni and Benton (2000), Poppo and Zenger (2002), Johnson Jean (1999)

Alliance

James and Ronchi (2002), Iyer (1998), Tsay and Agrawal (2000), Cao et al. (2008)

Quantity flexibility

Lariviere (1999), Fugate et al. (2010), Eppen and Iyer (1997), Tsay (1999), Bassok and Anupindi (1997)

Behavioral obstacle

Chopra and Meindl (2004), Himanshu et al. (2012)

Decentralized decision

Zimmer (2002), Sahin and Robinson (2002), Towill et al. (1992)

Information sharing

Chen (1998), Gavirneni et al. (1999), Dejonck et al. (2004), Ferguson and Ketzenberg (2006), Bourland et al. (1996), Achrol and Gregory (1999), Carson Stephen et al. (1999)

Mutual benefit

Gundlach et al. (1995), Houston and Johnson (2000), Jap Sandy and Ganesan (2000), Lusch and Brown (1996), Maloni and Benton (2000), Poppo and Zenger (2002), Johnson Jean (1999)

Collaboration relationships

McLaren et al. (2002), Walter et al. (2001)

Incentives

Sahin and Robinson (2002), Simatupang and Sridharan (2002), Himanshu et al. (2012)

Quantity discount

Chopra and Meindl (2004), Himanshu et al. (2012), Haghighat (2008), Iyer (1998), Tsay and Agrawal (2000), Cao et al. (2008)

Organizational interdependencies

Xu and Beamon (2006)

Price fluctuation

Chopra and Meindl (2004), Himanshu et al. (2012)

Cross functional team

Lambert and Cooper (2000), Whang (1995)

New product development

Hilletofth and Eriksson (2011), Cheng and Shiu (2008), Cooper et al. (2004), Droge et al. (2008), Hamm and Symonds (2006), Anderson and Narus (1990), Cachon and Lariviere (2005), Bianchi and Saleh (2010)

Trust

Arshinder and Deshmukh (2007), Singh (2011)