Abstract:
This paper conducts a systematic literature review on the literature body of
performance measurement and cultural study in the context of supply chain
management with two review purposes. Firstly, this paper aims to examine the key
ideas, concepts, theoretic arguments, and methodologies existing in this research. field.
The second aim of this. paper is to record and reflect the whole process of the
systematic literature review on the topic. Using the review protocol to direct and audit
the process, this paper tries to justify the transparency of and the traceability to the
researcher's actions, decisions and selected criteria in the progress of the literature
review.
The outcome of the systematic review is twofold. Through a systematic approach,. the
literature review first contributes a research knowledge structure to analyze the
critical elem,ents in supply chain performance measurement. Then based on this
conceptual framework, the cultural factors affecting supply chain performance are
comprehensively recognized and evaluated. Thus an in-depth understanding of the
potential impact of culture on supply chain performance measurement is a second
contribution.
The dissertation is composed of five chapters. Chapter I introduces the background of
the topic, the research questions, and the review objectives of this paper based on
what needs to be reviewed in the literature. Chapter II explains the methodology
applied in this paper, with the emphasis on the rationale and the process of the review.
Chapter III uses an evidence-based approach to report the findings from the
descriptive and thematic analysis. Chapter IV continues to cross-examine these
finding and answer the research questions raised in the first chapter. The conclusion
and implications of this paper are presented in Chapter V.
