Impact of Chinese government’s pharmaceutical reform policy on the foreign companies’ downstream supply chain management: A systematic literature review

Extant literature has shown increasing interest in the pharmaceutical reform in China, nevertheless, few study has focused on the supply chain perspective although the reformation has significantly impacted on the overall supply chain management. Additionally, in the light of management theory, limited papers focus on the combination of relational factors and supply chain network establishment. In this research, adopting systemic literature review, the researcher aims to explain the impact of Chinese government’s pharmaceutical reform policy on the foreign pharmaceutical companies’ downstream supply chain management. Findings provide a detailed understanding of how supply chain network are improved by developing a network (strategic alliance) with the members of the downstream supply chain, as a result of the implementation of pharmaceutical reform. Moreover, the role of the relational factors (power, reputation, reciprocity, trust, commitment) are explored in this context.