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The purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role of Information Sharing Strategy (ISS) on Agile Supply Chain (ASC) practices for achieving Supply Chain Performance (SCP) in medium size manufacturing companies in UAE. | Investigating the mediating role of information sharing strategy on agile supply chain Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 273 284 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Investigating the mediating role of information sharing strategy on agile supply chain Haitham M. Alzoubia and Ramakrishna Yanamandrab a Associate Professor of Management Skyline University College United Arab Emirates b Assistant Professor of Management Skyline University College United Arab Emirates CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Supply chains need to redesign their existing strategies and must develop new strategies to Received October 25 2019 effectively face the challenges posed by certain disruptions both man-made and natural. This Received in revised format requires the supply chains to be highly flexible visible reliable and cost-effective leading to November 26 2019 the achievement of Agile Supply Chain ASC . In today s competitive market achieving Accepted December 28 2019 Available online agility in supply chain needs dynamic leadership strategic vision mutual cooperation from all December 29 2019 members and effective utilization of information technology through customer focus. In spite Keywords of their initiatives to achieve ASC for improving their organizational performance barring a Agile supply chain practices few large companies the medium and small size manufacturing companies have not yet been Information sharing strategy able to adopt and design supply chains which lead to ASC. This may be due to various Supply chain performance challenges in the process of achieving agility. Also the published literature in this area is very Medium Size Manufacturing scanty. Therefore to fill this gap the purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role Companies of Information Sharing Strategy ISS on Agile Supply Chain ASC practices for achieving Supply Chain Agility Supply Chain Performance SCP in