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Supply Chain Challenges and Shared Value Destruction in the Community-Based Supply Chain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

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Yolanda Obaze*
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Schroeder School of Business Administration, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, IN 47722, USA
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Abstract

This study explores challenges among inter-organizational managers in community-based enterprises. According to transaction cost theory (TCT), associated transactions and mechanisms control and limit market failures within supply chain relationships. Using semi-structured interviews and an embedded case study, community-based supply chain managers participated in this study. Four salient themes capture the transactional issues that influence transaction costs in the community-based inter-organizational supply chain. This paper marks the first attempt to conceptualize the role of transactional issues in the community-based supply chain design. The study uses TCT to evaluate the applicability of supply chain challenges and the need for shared value creation in community-based contexts. The research acknowledges that limitations exist due to the scope and extent of research.

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Transaction cost theorySupply chain managementStructural mechanismsShared valueCommunity-based supply chains

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Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 2020, pp. 550 - 562
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Copyright © International Society for Third-Sector Research 2020

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