Adoption of Green Supply Chain Management Practices in Multi-Tier Supply Chains: Examining the Differences between Higher and Lower Tier Firms
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2022-11
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International Journal of Production Research, Volume 60, issue 21, pp. 6451-6468
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Customer pressure has been widely discussed as the primary driver of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. However, relatively little is known about supplier capabilities as a key mediator for GSCM practice adoption. Drawing from the resource dependence theory (RDT), we investigate how the interplay between customer pressure and supplier capabilities affects GSCM practice adoption along multi-tier supply chains. We test our hypotheses using multiple regression analysis based on a sample of 284 manufacturing firms operating at different tiers of a supply chain. Our results indicate that the supplier capabilities mediate the direct effect of customer pressure on the adoption of GSCM practices for focal firms. Specifically, we find a full mediation effect of supplier capabilities for higher-tier (i.e. OEM and system supplier) firms and a partial mediation effect for lower-tier (i.e. component and raw material) firms. Our findings provide support for the RDT perspective regarding GSCM. The focal firm's adoption of GSCM practices as a response to customer pressure is dependent on the level of green resources and capabilities available from their suppliers. The level of such resource dependence varies between focal firms at higher- and lower-tier positions in a multi-tier supply chain.Description
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Green supply chain management, green practices, customer pressure, supplier capabilities, sustainability, multi-tier supply chains, TRANSACTION COST, METHOD VARIANCE, SUSTAINABILITY, ANTECEDENTS, PERFORMANCE, OPERATIONS, DRIVERS, RESPONSIBILITY, REQUIREMENTS, CAPABILITIES
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Kim, S, Foerstl, K, Schmidt, C G & Wagner, S M 2022, ' Adoption of Green Supply Chain Management Practices in Multi-Tier Supply Chains: Examining the Differences between Higher and Lower Tier Firms ', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 60, no. 21, pp. 6451-6468 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1992032