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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xu Wen, Jun-Hwa Cheah, Xin-Jean Lim, Sridar Ramachandran
Summary: There is a growing concern over the depletion of natural resources caused by rapid industrialization and its impact on the environment. Many companies are now implementing green supply chain management practices and green innovation as part of their environmental strategies to improve their economic performance. This study explores how institutional pressures and top management support influence the adoption of green supply chain management practices in Chinese chemical companies and the relationship between these practices and economic performance. The findings show that institutional pressures and top management support have a positive impact on the adoption of green supply chain management practices and that these practices have a positive effect on economic performance.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Dai, Li Xie, Zhaofang Chu
Summary: This study investigates the driving forces of sustainable supply chain management practices by examining the effects of institutional pressures and internal sustainability capabilities, as well as their interactions. The findings suggest that institutional pressures and sustainability capabilities motivate the implementation of sustainable supply chain management practices, while the interactions of technical capabilities with governance pressures and customer pressures negatively influence adoption. Additionally, top management leadership interacting with competitive pressures positively affects the pursuit of sustainable supply chain management practices.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
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Business
Maya Novitasari, Anggita Langgeng Wijaya, Nindya Mariana Agustin, Ardi Gunardi, Leo-Paul Dana
Summary: The objective of this study is to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility on firm performance, with green supply chain management as a mediator. The study found that corporate social responsibility positively affects green supply chain management and firm performance, and green supply chain management can act as a mediator between corporate social responsibility and firm performance.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Xin Ma, Raheel Akhtar, Adeel Akhtar, Raema Abdullah Hashim, Muhammad Sibt-e-Ali
Summary: Pakistan, as an agricultural country, faces environmental and economic challenges due to the heavy use of pesticide chemicals. This study examines the integration of green supply chain management practices in the pesticide sector of Pakistan and analyzes the mediation effect of environmental performance on the relationship between these practices, institutional pressures, and financial performance. The study concludes that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between green supply chain management practices, institutional pressures, environmental performance, and a firm's financial performance.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hassan Abbas, Shu Tong
Summary: Supply chain management is a business strategy that ensures coordination in distributed organizational structures. This study aimed to describe the effects of green supply chain management practices on competitive strategic alliances in automobile firms in China. A quantitative research approach was used, and data were collected through a closed-ended questionnaire. The results showed that forming competitive strategic alliances to manage green supply chains could bring multiple benefits.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aleksandr M. Kitsis, Injazz J. Chen
Summary: This study reveals the critical mediating role of top management commitment in translating stakeholder pressures into a firm's green operations. By fostering top management commitment, environmental sustainability efforts can be promoted and external and internal drivers can be transformed into superior economic and environmental outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Management
Yizhen Xu, Wynne Chin, Yide Liu, Kai He
Summary: This study examines the effect of institutional pressures to implement green supply chain management (GSCM) on green innovation, by considering the mediation effects of cross-functional coopetition. The findings suggest that coercive pressure, normative pressure, and mimetic pressure for GSCM implementation are sufficient conditions to promote green innovation. Cross-functional coopetition not only mediates the relationship between normative pressure and mimetic pressure and green innovation but also represents a necessary condition for it to occur.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wael Hassan El-Garaihy, Usama A. Badawi, Walid A. S. Seddik, M. Sh. Torky
Summary: This study investigates the role of institutional pressures and environmental orientation in implementing green supply chain practices in firms. The findings show that institutional pressure and environmental orientation have a significant impact on green supply chain practices, and these practices have a significantly positive effect on the economic and ecological performances of manufacturing companies. This paper is innovative in combining institutional theory, resource-based view, and other relevant theories, and provides detailed performance outcomes and management implementation guidance.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Song-Man Wu, Felix T. S. Chan, S. H. Chung
Summary: This study aims to assist financially constrained suppliers in successfully producing environmentally friendly products in a green supply chain system through buyer-supported purchase order financing and advance payment discount, and investigates how time-varying salvage value impacts operational and financing decisions as well as profit risks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Business
Yi-Chun Huang, Chih Ta Chen
Summary: The study explores the relationships between green innovation, institutional pressure, firm's green slack, and companies' propensity to engage in green product innovation. The research uses structural equation modeling to validate these hypotheses and conducts an empirical investigation in Taiwanese high-tech firms.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
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Business
Mehmood Khan, Mian M. Ajmal, Fauzia Jabeen, Shalini Talwar, Amandeep Dhir
Summary: With the increasing attention on sustainability due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a significant rise in interest in the green supply chain. This study, utilizing the resource-based view theory, provides deeper insights into the integration of resource-based characteristics that can facilitate a smooth transition from traditional to green supply chains, as well as enhance the effectiveness of existing green supply chains. The findings confirm the positive associations between supply chain connectivity, supply chain information sharing, top management commitment, green procurement and logistics acceptance, and green supply chain management. Moreover, the study identifies the serial mediation effect of top management commitment and green procurement and logistics acceptance on the relationship between supply chain connectivity and information sharing with green supply chain management. This study offers practical insights and contributes to the development of a novel green supply chain management scale.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Naila Nureen, Yongrong Xin, Muhammad Irfan, Shah Fahad
Summary: Using natural resource-based view theory, this study examined the relationship between green supply chain management, green training, green organizational culture, and firm performance. Data was collected from 650 participants in the Chinese manufacturing sector through a survey questionnaire. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings support the positive impact of green supply chain management on firm performance and highlight the mediating role of green training, as well as the moderating role of green organizational culture.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Naila Nureen, Da Liu, Muhammad Irfan, Maida Malik, Usama Awan
Summary: The increasing pressures from various stakeholders have urged manufacturing firms to adopt environmentally friendly production methods and pursue green innovation in developing countries. However, little research has been conducted on the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM), green human capital (GHC), green innovation (GIN), managerial environmental knowledge (MEK), and firm performance (FPR). This study fills this research gap by providing empirical evidence that implementing GSCM, GHC, GIN, and MEK can substantially enhance FPR. The findings suggest that GIN mediates the link between GHC, GSCM, and FPR, while MEK directly affects FPR and moderates the relationship between GIN and FPR. The study has both theoretical and managerial implications, and the results can benefit practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders seeking to improve FPR.
Article
Management
Mohammed Belal Uddin, Bilkis Akhter
Summary: This research examines the relationships between top management commitment (TMC), supply chain collaboration (SCC), and sustainable firm performance (SFP) in agro-processing supply chains in Bangladesh, demonstrating their intricate and significant connections. The study reveals that TMC and SCC positively influence environmental performance (EP) and social performance (SP), which in turn affect economic performance (Ec.P). Moreover, SCC acts as a mediator in the relationships between TMC and EP, as well as TMC and SP.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
(2022)
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Business
Yali Yi, Pelin Demirel
Summary: This study investigates whether firms can achieve sales growth through sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities. The results suggest that internal green supply chain capabilities and green political capabilities have a positive impact on firm growth performance, while external green supply chain capabilities are associated with slower growth. Importantly, the study finds that the positive growth effects of green political capabilities are short-lived, while those of internal green supply chain capabilities are long-lasting. The research contributes to the literature on sustainability-oriented dynamic capabilities by highlighting the different implications of various capabilities for firm growth, depending on the firm's base performance and the time period considered.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
