Information Sharing Barriers of Supply Chain Management

The Middle Eastern Kingdom of Jordan is located in the continent of Asia, at the south of Europe. It is the 122th largest nation in the world and covers an area of 88,802 square kilometres. The population of the country is 7,862,565 with a density of around 70 people per square kilometre (Country Meters, 2016). The Western part of the country experiences essentially a hot climate with dry summer spells and a cool wet winter. However, overall, the country has a desert climate with less than 200 mm of annual rain. Its climate is divided amongst three distinctive geographical regions: the Mountain height Plateau, the Jordan Valley and the Badia region or the Eastern desert. With respect to its water resources, Jordan is considered the 4th driest country in the world with desert environments covering around 92% of its land area (Altz-Stamm,2012).