Abstract
Prior literature on a two-level supply chain has mainly focused on the game between one manufacturer and one supplier. Exploring group game behavior in a green supply chain (GSC), our research develops and studies a sequential GSC game model consisting of a single manufacturer and three suppliers based on the characteristics of the textile and apparel industry clusters. In our GSC model, the manufacturer is the leader of the supply chain and the suppliers are either homogeneous or complementary. Through equilibrium analysis, we identify critical conditions that influence the behavior of the manufacturer and suppliers to improve the green investment in the supply chain. Our study provides a theoretical basis and a decision-making reference for promoting the cooperation in GSCs and improving the performance of the government’s environmental policies.
Highlights
Having the world’s largest producer, consumer, and exporter of the textile and apparel industry, China takes more than 50% of the world’s total fiber processing and 40% of global textile and apparel exports (Statistical data of China Textile Economic Research Center in 2016)
Based on the characteristics of the textile and apparel industry clusters, this study develops a novel two-level green supply chain (GSC) game model consisting of a single manufacturer and three suppliers and identifies some critical conditions for implementing green improvement in the GSC through equilibrium analysis
(3) This study focuses on the analysis of game relationships within GSC, and subsequent research can be extended to the analysis of game relationships with external stakeholders
Summary
Qiuzheng Li 1,2 , Zuopeng (Justin) Zhang 3, * , Wei Rao 1 , Wenwen Xu 4 and Lijia Jiang 2,5. National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100028, China. Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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