{"title":"The influence of greening the suppliers on environmental and economic performance","authors":"A. Najmi, Humairah Maqbool, W. Ahmed, S. Rehman","doi":"10.1504/ijbpscm.2020.10031066","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of greening the supplier, green purchasing capabilities and green innovation on firm's environmental performance, competitive advantage and economic performance. Data was collected from the respondents who are engaged in procurement related activities in different manufacturing industries whereas the researchers used partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) for analysing the hypothesised relationships between the variables. Results has shown that greening the suppliers has positive impact on green innovation and green purchasing capabilities whereas green innovation and green purchasing capabilities have a positive impact on environmental, competitive advantage and financial performance accordingly. Since there are limited number of studies on greening the supplier in Pakistan therefore the findings will equally be helpful for future researchers and managers. In addition of providing the valuable information to sourcing professionals regarding their directions towards green supply chain, the present study recommended manufacturers to provide complete assistance to the suppliers in their green initiatives whereas their early collaboration in product development stages is highly recommended.","PeriodicalId":37630,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbpscm.2020.10031066","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Business, Management and Accounting","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of greening the supplier, green purchasing capabilities and green innovation on firm's environmental performance, competitive advantage and economic performance. Data was collected from the respondents who are engaged in procurement related activities in different manufacturing industries whereas the researchers used partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) for analysing the hypothesised relationships between the variables. Results has shown that greening the suppliers has positive impact on green innovation and green purchasing capabilities whereas green innovation and green purchasing capabilities have a positive impact on environmental, competitive advantage and financial performance accordingly. Since there are limited number of studies on greening the supplier in Pakistan therefore the findings will equally be helpful for future researchers and managers. In addition of providing the valuable information to sourcing professionals regarding their directions towards green supply chain, the present study recommended manufacturers to provide complete assistance to the suppliers in their green initiatives whereas their early collaboration in product development stages is highly recommended.
期刊介绍:
IJBPSCM covers original, high-quality and cutting-edge research on all aspects of supply chain modelling, aiming at bridging the gap between theory and practice with applications analysing the real situation to improve business performance. Topics covered include Business performance modelling, strategy Vendor/supplier selection, supplier development, purchasing management Supply chain management (SCM), green supply chain modelling Reverse logistics, closed loop/knowledge-based supply chains, 3PL/4PL Sustainable/quality based/agile/leagile/intelligent SCM Supply chain performance/optimisation/risk/decision making/support systems AI, information sharing in SCM, systems approach to SCM Coordinated/global/flexible SCM, risk mitigation strategies Stochastic supply chain games IT-enabled SCM, fuzzy modelling, data mining Supply chain network management, modelling/simulation, implementation Training/education, information security, RFID Supply chain analysis, transportation decisions, vehicle routing, bullwhip effect Logistics in disaster management Cross-country comparison.