The study assessed the effect of supplier collaboration on product innovation. In addition, most studies that examine the relationship fail to highlight the effect of the individual practices of supplier collaboration on product innovation, and are on developed nations. A descriptive research design and a cross-sectional survey approach was adopted to distribute questionnaire copies to the respondents. A sample of 29 firms was selected from a population of thirty-eight 38 big manufacturing firms and the analysis was done using descriptive statistics and structural equation model. The results reveal that product innovation is greatly influenced by supplier collaboration, however, only incremental product innovation is influenced. Radical product innovation is not influenced by supplier collaboration, though resource sharing practice influenced it exclusively. The study reveals the effect of exclusive supplier collaboration practices on product innovation and the model could be replicated in other developing nations to see if the outcome will be similar.

Most studies focus on developed economies when investigating resilience, creating a gap in research in developing countries. This study addresses two literature gaps by examining supplier collaboration's effect on supply chain flexibility, visibility, and velocity in an African business environment and assessing the relevance of company size to this relationship. This study used a descriptive design. The population and sample were 1332 and 264 respectively. 219 questionnaire copies informed the analysis and it was performed using percentages and a structural equation model. The study reveals that resource sharing is the most effective strategy for improving supply chain resilience and collaboration practices are most effective for supply chain flexibility. Organisations pursuing supply chain resilience can implement resource-sharing and information-sharing strategies to yield resilience. Additionally, managers must note that supplier collaboration may not yield similar results across all resilience performance measurements. Medium-scale firms must focus on information sharing to improve supply chain flexibility.

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Analiza porównawcza nadzoru nad projektem badawczym w zakresie osiągnięć studentów biznesu na uniwersytetach nigeryjskich