Unpacking the role of green absorptive capacity in the relationship between green supply chain management practices and firm performance

IF 4.5 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Benchmarking-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-10 DOI:10.1108/bij-09-2022-0564

David Asamoah, I. Acquah, Dorcas Nuertey, Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Caleb Amankwaa Kumi

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PurposeThis study examines green absorptive capacity as an important intervening variable that elucidates the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) practices (specifically, green purchasing, customer cooperation and investment recovery) and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from the theoretical underpinnings of the natural-resource-based view theory and information processing theory, a research model is developed and tested using data obtained from 368 manufacturing firms in Ghana. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results indicate that green purchasing, customer cooperation and investment recovery have a direct positive and significant effect on firm performance. Additionally, green purchasing and customer cooperation have a positive and significant effect on green absorptive capacity but investment recovery does not. Further, the results show that the paths from green purchasing and customer cooperation to firm performance are positively mediated by green absorptive capacity.Practical implicationsThe study reveals to supply chain managers that green absorptive capacity is an important conduit through which firms can achieve enhanced firm performance from GSCM initiatives.Originality/valueThis study makes a contribution by integrating the absorptive capacity literature and green management literature and establishes green absorptive capacity as a mechanism through which GSCM practices enhance firm performance.

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揭示绿色吸收能力在绿色供应链管理实践和企业绩效之间的关系中的作用

目的:本研究将绿色吸收能力作为一个重要的中介变量来研究绿色供应链管理(GSCM)实践(特别是绿色采购、客户合作和投资回收)与企业绩效之间的关系。设计/方法/方法从基于自然资源的观点理论和信息处理理论的理论基础出发，开发了一个研究模型，并使用从加纳368家制造企业获得的数据进行了测试。数据分析采用结构方程模型。结果表明，绿色采购、客户合作和投资回收对企业绩效有直接的正向显著影响。此外，绿色采购和客户合作对绿色吸收能力有显著的正向影响，而投资回收对绿色吸收能力没有显著的正向影响。绿色吸收能力对绿色采购和客户合作对企业绩效的影响具有正向中介作用。实践意义本研究向供应链管理者揭示了绿色吸收能力是企业从GSCM举措中获得企业绩效提升的重要渠道。本研究整合吸收能力文献与绿色管理文献，建立绿色吸收能力作为GSCM实践提升企业绩效的机制。

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Benchmarking-An International Journal MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

16.10%

发文量

154

期刊介绍： Benchmarking is big news for companies committed to total quality programmes. Its enthusiastic reception by many prominent business figures has created high levels of interest in a technique which promises big rewards for co-operating partners. Yet, like total quality itself, it must be understood in its proper context, and implemented single mindedly if it is to be effective - this journal helps companies to decide if benchmarking is right for them, and shows them how to go about it successfully.