This paper focuses on the examination of influential factors on supply chain collaboration of Vietnamese enterprises in the wood processing industry. The factors to be analyzed include trust, power, frequency, maturity, distance, policy and attitude. | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT No. 208, December 2011 INFLUENTIAL FACTORS ON SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION IN VIETNAM’S WOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY by HUYØNH THÒ THU SÖÔNG, MA* This paper focuses on the examination of influential factors on supply chain collaboration of Vietnamese enterprises in the wood processing industry. The factors to be analyzed include trust, power, frequency, maturity, distance, policy and attitude. The research data is obtained by sorting out 275 questionnaires from directors/ directors general of wood processing enterprises in HCMC, Ñoàng Nai and Bình Döông Provinces. The result shows that five factors have considerable effects on supply chain collaboration of enterprises, namely trust, power, frequency, maturity, and attitude. This research thereby presents the management implications in relation to these factors. Keywords: supply chain collaboration, wood processing enterprise, attitude. 1. Introduction Wood production has yielded billions of USD for Vietnam, and Vietnamese wooden products have been present in 156 countries and territories. However, wood production and distribution are still spontaneous, show a lack of connection between participants, and fail to fulfill the requirement for sustainable development due to subjective and objective reasons. If enterprises wish to maintain their status, enhance their competitiveness and expand their market shares, they need to set an effective business pattern, that is, to establish a suitable collaborative supply chain. Therefore, this research aims at discovering influential factors in supply chain collaboration and determining their influence levels to gain benefits for enterprises such as increased revenues, decreased costs, and higher flexibility to cope with uncertain rising demands. 36 RESEARCHES & DISCUSSIONS Many researchers worldwide have examined influential factors on supply chain collaboration. Specifically, Christopher (1998) and Sahay (2003) refer to the benefits of supply chain .
