Green Supply Chain Integration Research Articles

Fostering green innovation: the roles of big data analytics capabilities and green supply chain integration

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of big data (BD) analytics capabilities (BDACs) on green supply chain integration (GSCI) and green innovation (GI) in the context of a developing country, Jordan. In addition, the mediating effect of GSCI on the relationship between BDAC and GI is investigated.Design/methodology/approachData collection was carried out through a survey with 300 respondents from food and beverages manufacturing firms located in Jordan. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was applied to analyze the collected data. Natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory was the adopted theoretical lens for this study.FindingsThe results revealed that BDAC positively and significantly affects both GSCI and GI. In addition, the results demonstrated that GSCI positively and significantly affects GI. Further, it is also found that GSCI positively and significantly mediates the relationship between BDAC and GI.Originality/valueThis study developed a theoretical and empirical model to investigate the relationship between BDAC, GSCI and GI. This study offers new theoretical and managerial contributions that add value to the supply chain (SC) management literature by testing the mediation model in food and beverages manufacturing firms located in Jordan.

Identifying the equifinal configurations of prompting green supply chain integration and subsequent performance outcome

AbstractAlthough green supply chain integration (GSCI) is essential for enterprises to address environmental challenges, existing literature mainly focuses on the net effect of a single factor that cannot well explain and guide the implementation of GSCI. Based on technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework, we develop a configurational framework and propose that GSCI depends on the interactions between perceived institutional force, green human resource management (GHRM), and big data analytics capability (BDAC). Moreover, we further investigate the impacts of high GSCI generated by different configurations on operational and environmental performance. By integrating fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and propensity score matching, we reveal multiple equifinal configurations sufficient to three dimensions of GSCI and identify them into three types: GHRM oriented, GHRM + BDAC oriented, and perceived institutional force + GHRM + BDAC balance. The results further indicate that high GSCI triggered by multiple configurations has different effects on operational and environmental performance. These findings extend the GSCI research and provide theoretical guidance for managers to develop GSCI.

Drivers of green supply chain integration and green product innovation: a motivation-opportunity-ability framework and a dynamic capabilities perspective

PurposeThis study provides an integrative model that facilitates green product innovation (GPI) by adopting dynamic capabilities theory and the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) framework. Drawing on dynamic capabilities theory, this study emphasizes green supply chain integration (GSCI), consisting of internal and external integration, as a dynamic capability that drives GPI. Moreover, this study analyzes the environmental conditions that benefit the development of dynamic capabilities using the MOA framework and focuses specifically on government support (GS) and market greenness (MG) as precursors to GSCI.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 300 Chinese manufacturing firms. The proposed hypotheses were tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis.FindingsThe regression analysis reveals that (1) GS and MG positively affect both internal and external integration and (2) internal and external integration positively affect GPI.Originality/valueIn explicating a model of GPI, this study extends the theoretical lens of dynamic capabilities beyond the intraorganizational level to the supply chain level. Moreover, this study enhances the understanding of dynamic capability development by considering the environmental conditions that represent motivation- and opportunity-based drivers of GSCI.

The impact of big data analytics capability on green supply chain integration: an organizational information processing theory perspective

PurposeDespite big data analytics capability (BDAC) has received extensive attention, how and under what conditions BDAC influences green supply chain integration (GSCI) remains unclear. This study draws on organizational information processing theory to examine the mediating effect of supply chain visibility in the BDAC–GSCI link and the moderating effects of flexibility- and control-oriented culture.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined the research model using two-waved survey data gathered from 317 Chinese firms. The authors employed hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping method to test hypotheses and assessed the robust of theoretical model using structural model.FindingsThe authors found that BDAC facilitates all three dimensions of GSCI. Supply visibility mediates the relationship between BDAC and all three dimensions of GSCI, whereas demand visibility only mediates the positive effects of BDAC on green internal and customer integration. In addition, control-oriented culture strengthens the positive impacts of BDAC on supply and demand visibility, while the moderating effects of flexibility-oriented culture are insignificant.Originality/valueThis research contributes to opening the “black box” of how BDAC affects GSCI and provides novel guidelines for firms enhancing the degree of GSCI.

Corrigendum: Green supply chain integration, supply chain agility and green innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises

Corrigendum: Green supply chain integration, supply chain agility and green innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprisesAffiliations of all authors as they appear in the published original version of the article Bochen Zhang 1, Shukuan Zhao 1 *, Xueyuan Fan 1 , Shuang Wang 1 and Dong Shao21 School of Business and Management, Jilin University, Changchun, China,2 School of Business, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China* Correspondence: zhaosk@jlu.edu.cnKeywords: same as original articleCorrigendum on: Zhang B, Zhao S, Fan X, Wang S and Shao D (2022), Green supply chainintegration, supply chain agility and green innovation performance: Evidence from Chinesemanufacturing enterprises. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:1045414. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1045414. Incorrect AffiliationIn the published article, there was an error in affiliation [1]. Instead of “[Shukuan Zhao 2 *]”, it should be “[Shukuan Zhao 1 *]”. The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Corrigenda to “Enabling environmental innovation via green supply chain integration: A perspective of information processing theory”

Corrigenda to “Enabling environmental innovation via green supply chain integration: A perspective of information processing theory”

Digitalization and green supply chain integration to build supply chain resilience toward better firm competitive advantage

Organizations rely on information technology to integrate internally and externally to create process efficiency in increasing competitiveness. Information technology can support digitalization in companies to maintain green supply chain management. Manufacturing companies are required to be able to pay attention to the environment by maintaining the balance of nature. The object of this research is manufacturing companies located in East Java. Data were collected from respondents through questionnaires which were distributed using Google form. The results of the questionnaire distribution were obtained from a total of 108 companies analyzed using the partial least squares method. The analysis shows that digitalization affects supply chain integration, green supply chain, and resilience. Digitalization in the supply chain can form a strong integration, energy efficiency, and effectiveness to survive. Supply chain integration affects the green supply chain and supply chain resilience. Integration in the supply chain system, able to overcome environmental problems and optimize resources. A green supply chain affects supply chain resilience. Supply chain integration, green supply chain, and supply chain resilience affect a firm competitive advantage. Practical research contributions for management to allocate budgets with the needs of application development and supply chain systems within the company. Supply chain digitization is a solid foundation for companies to have a competitive advantage against competitors.

Green supply chain integration, supply chain agility and green innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises

Despite widespread attention on the significance of green supply chain integration (GSCI), there is still limited research on how GSCI can improve firms’ green innovation performance. From the perspective of the natural resource-based view and dynamic capability theory, based on the theoretical logic of “resource-capability-performance”, this study aims to explore the relationship between GSCI and firms’ green innovation performance and its intrinsic mechanism. In order to test the research model, this study collected survey data from 405 Chinese manufacturing firms and tested them by using hierarchical regression and bootstrap analysis. The results show that all three dimensions of GSCI, namely, green internal integration, green supplier integration, and green customer integration, have positive effects on supply chain agility. In addition, supply chain agility has a significant positive impact on green product and process innovation. This study also finds that supply chain agility plays a partially mediating role between all three dimensions of GSCI and green product and process innovation; that is, GSCI can further promote firms’ green innovation performance by improving supply chain agility. The results of this study not only enrich the theoretical research on the driving factors of firms’ green innovation but also provide policy implications for manufacturing firms and government policy-makers regarding the implementation and promotion of green innovation practices.

Adopting blockchain technology to enhance green supply chain integration: The moderating role of organizational culture

AbstractAs a cutting‐edge technology with characteristics of transparency, traceability, decentralization, and immutability, blockchain technology (BCT) has been thought as an effective method of enhancing green supply chain integration (GSCI). However, the mechanism of how BCT affects GSCI is still blurred. Based on transaction cost theory and resource dependence theory, this research explores the mediating effect of supply chain trust in the relationship between BCT adoption and GSCI and the moderating role of organizational culture. We examine hypotheses using two waves of survey data from 317 Chinese manufacturers. The results reveal that BCT has a positive effect on supply chain trust, and supply chain trust partially mediates the impacts of BCT on three dimensions of GSCI. Moreover, a flexible‐oriented culture alleviates the impact of BCT on supply chain trust, whereas a control‐oriented culture strengthens the relationship. This research unfolds the “black box” in the BCT–GSCI relationship by exploring the mediating role of supply chain trust, and it is seldom a study that simultaneously combines information management area (BCT), operation management area (GSCI), and organizational behavior area (organizational culture) in a framework.

Bolstering green supply chain integration via big data analytics capability: the moderating role of data-driven decision culture

PurposeBased on organizational information processing theory, this research explores how big data analytics capability (BDAC) contributes to green supply chain integration (GSCI) and the contingency role that data-driven decision culture plays.Design/methodology/approachUsing the two-wave survey data collected from 317 Chinese manufacturing firms, the authors validate the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that big data managerial capability has positive impacts on three dimensions of GSCI, while big data technical capability has positive impacts on green internal and customer integration. Moreover, green internal integration mediates the impacts of big data technical capability and managerial capability on green supplier and customer integration. Finally, data-driven decision culture alleviates the positive impacts of big data technical and managerial capability on green internal integration.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that firms can leverage big data technical and managerial capability to enhance information processing capability for achieving a higher degree of GSCI. Further, the critical role of data-driven decision culture in affecting the link between BDAC and GSCI should not be overlooked.Originality/valueThis research contributes to literature on green supply chain management by revealing the role of BDAC in improving GSCI.

Enabling green supply chain integration via green entrepreneurial orientation: Does environmental leadership matter?

AbstractAlthough both scholars and practitioners have recognized the crucial role of green supply chain integration (GSCI), our understanding of how green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) may affect GSCI is scarce. Based on stakeholder theory and upper echelons theory, we examine whether GEO affects GSCI via environmental corporate strategy, and the moderating role of environmental leadership. We test the research hypotheses using multi‐sourced survey data from 264 Chinese firms. The results reveal that environmental corporate strategy partially mediates the impacts of GEO on green internal and external integration. Moreover, environmental leadership reinforces the impact of GEO on environmental corporate strategy while lessens the impact of environmental corporate strategy on green internal integration. However, the moderating effect of environmental leadership on the relationship between environmental corporate strategy and green external integration is not significant. This article provides theoretical contributions and managerial implications for the research on green entrepreneurship and GSCI.

How to boost green innovation and performance through collaboration in the supply chain: Insights into a more sustainable economy

This study analyzes how supply chain leadership (SCL), supply chain followership (SCF) and green supply chain integration (GSCI) can contribute to green new product development (GNPD) and performance (PRF) through the effects of green innovation (GRI), considering the moderator role of customer pressure (CPR). In doing so, it provides new insights that can aid in understanding the importance of collaborative behavior in the supply chain that promotes sustainable benefits for companies and their stakeholders, stimulating green innovation as a key to making business more circular. ology: Using a structured questionnaire, this study gathers data from a cross-sectional sample of 425 supply chain partners of Portugal's biggest energy supplier. Structural equation modelling is used to test the proposed hypotheses, and the impact of customer pressure on the suggested relationships is assessed through a multi-group analysis. The findings suggest that SCL, SCF and GSCI positively impact GRI. Additionally, this study reveals that GNPD has a positive impact on PRF. Supply chain customer pressure appears to moderate some of the proposed relationships. This article provides some empirical evidence of the influence of SCL, SCF and GSCI on organizational value creation, contributing to a better understanding of the impacts of green innovation approaches on business sustainability . The overall results may support the importance of collaborative behavior in the supply chain for creating value for business, responding at the same time to the environmental sustainability challenges that humanity is facing, considering the role of customer pressure in moderating these relationships. Results show that, by being greener, a company may be more competitive, thus highlighting the importance of the collaboration between responsible and committed leaders and proactive followers for creating a better future for all. The research considered the suppliers of only one company. The relationships between variables need to be explored in other practical case studies and longitudinal research to improve the potential for extrapolating generalizations and establishing clear causalities.

The Effects of Green Intellectual Capital on Green Innovation: A Green Supply Chain Integration Perspective.

To demonstrate how green innovation (GI) effectively occurs, this study examines the effects of green intellectual capital (GIC) on GI from the perspective of green supply chain integration (GSCI). Based on a natural-resource-based view and knowledge-based view, the authors constructed an intermediary model of GIC-GSCI-GI, and analyzed the effects of green absorptive ability (GAA) and relationship learning ability (RLA) as moderators. An empirical survey of 328 Chinese manufacturing companies was conducted. Our results indicate that three dimensions of GIC positively impact GI. The mediating effects of internal and external GSCI exist in the relationship between GIC and GI. The moderating effects of GAA and RLA in these effects were also verified. Our study provides further empirical evidence for the relationship between GIC and GI, highlights the effects of companies’ internal and external abilities on GI, and suggests new ways and implementation contexts for GI.

Green intellectual capital and green supply chain integration: the mediating role of supply chain transformational leadership

PurposeDrawing upon social capital theory, this research aims to explore the influence of three dimensions of green intellectual capital (GIC) (i.e. green human capital [GHC], green structural capital and green relational capital) on green supply chain integration (GSCI) (i.e. green supplier, internal and customer integration), and the mediating effect of supply chain transformational leadership (SCTL).Design/methodology/approachTo verify the hypothesized relationships, the authors conduct hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping method with two-waved survey data collected from 317 Chinese manufacturing firms.FindingsThe findings suggest that both green structural and relational capital positively influence three dimensions of GSCI, while GHC only positively affects green internal and customer integration. In addition, SCTL mediates the impacts of green structural and relational capital on three dimensions of GSCI and mediates the impacts of GHC on green supplier and internal integration.Originality/valueThis research contributes to the GSCI literature and practice by deeming GIC as an intangible resource that can enhance GSCI and revealing the mediating role of SCTL.

Enabling environmental innovation via green supply chain integration: A perspective of information processing theory

Although green supply chain integration (GSCI) is important, its influence on environmental innovation remains inconclusive. Based on information processing theory, we explore how the two dimensions of GSCI (i.e. green supplier and customer integration) affect two types of environmental innovation (i.e. incremental or radical environmental innovation) via information sharing and information redundancy, as well as the moderating role of knowledge combination. We test hypotheses using two-waved survey data from 206 Chinese manufacturers and structural equation model analysis. The results indicate that information sharing with customer mediates the impact of green customer integration on radical environmental innovation, while information redundancy mediates the effects of green supplier integration on environmental incremental and radical innovation. In addition, information sharing with supplier negatively affects information redundancy, while information sharing with customer positively affects information redundancy. We also find that knowledge combination strengthens the positive effects of information sharing with supplier and customer on incremental environmental innovation and the negative impact of information redundancy on radical environmental innovation. Our findings contribute to GSCI and environmental innovation literature.

Sustainable supply chain finance adoption and firm performance: Is green supply chain integration a missing link?

AbstractDespite the importance of sustainable supply chain finance (SSCF), how it influences firm performance is still inconclusive. On the basis of social exchange theory, we examine how SSCF adoption affects firm performance via green supply chain integration (GSCI), as well as the moderating effect of environmental leadership. Employing data from 317 Chinese manufacturers, we conduct hierarchical regression analyses to examine research hypotheses. Our findings reveal that SSCF adoption positively affects GSCI. Green customer integration partially mediates the influence of SSCF adoption on firm performance. Green supplier integration partially mediates the effect of SSCF adoption on environmental performance, but does not mediate the effect of SSCF adoption on financial performance. Furthermore, environmental leadership negatively moderates the SSCF adoption–GSCI link. This research adds knowledge to the theory and practice by unveiling the “black box” between SSCF adoption and firm performance.

Organizational Behavior in Green Supply Chain Integration: Nexus Between Information Technology Capability, Green Innovation, and Organizational Performance.

Stakeholder pressure and public awareness of environmental protection drive organizations to improve environmental practices in the supply chain (SC), such as green supply chain integration (GSCI) and green innovation (GI). The use of information technology (IT) is crucial to manufacturing organizations’ GSCI and performance. However, the research on the relationship between IT capabilities, GSCI, GI and organizational performance is still limited. Therefore, empirical research is needed on the cognitive thinking of employees using IT capabilities to improve GSCI and organizational performance. The data for this study comes from SC personnel in manufacturing organizations through a structured questionnaires and was analyzed by employing structural equation modeling. Based on the results, this paper concludes that organizational IT capabilities positively affect the GSCI and improve organizational performance (environmental and operational performance). Furthermore, the study discovered that GI increases organizational performance and acts as a positive mediator in the link between GSCI and performance. The findings contribute to existing GSCI and GI knowledge, which can provide a bird’s eye-view to develop an organization’s IT capabilities to achieve competitive performance goals.

Translating leader sustainability orientation into green supply chain integration: a missing link of green entrepreneurial orientation

Purpose Based on upper echelons theory and social contagion theory, this study aims to explore how to translate leader sustainability orientation (LSO) into green supply chain integration (GSCI) by green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO), as well as the moderating effects of four dimensions of organizational learning capability (OLC). Design/methodology/approach This study conducts hierarchical regression analysis using multi-sourced survey data collected in 264 Chinese companies to examine hypotheses. Findings The results indicate that LSO has positive influences on green supplier and customer integration. Furthermore, GEO partially mediates the impacts of LSO on green supplier and customer integration. Managerial commitment positively moderates the impact of LSO on GEO, while other dimensions such as systems perspective, openness and experimentation and knowledge transfer and integration have non-significant moderating effects. Originality/value This study enriches the existing research on internal drivers of GSCI and contributes to the understanding of the direct impact of LSO and mediating effects of GEO. This study extends social contagion theory boundaries by investigating the moderating effects of OLC on the relationship between LSO and GEO.

Supply chain ethical leadership and green supply chain integration: a moderated mediation analysis

ABSTRACT Despite the importance of green supply chain integration (GSCI), our knowledge of enhancing it remains limited. In this study, we extend the concept of ethical leadership in the context of supply chain, and explore how supply chain ethical leadership (SCEL) affects GSCI via the green image and the moderating role of perceived institutional force drawing on social learning theory. We test hypotheses using hierarchical regression analysis by collecting two-waved data from 317 Chinese firms. Our results reveal that SCEL has significantly positive impacts on three dimensions of GSCI, and the green image partially mediates the impact of SCEL on strategic integration. In addition, perceived business force and perceived social force strengthen the impact of SCEL on the green image and the mediating effect of the green image in the relationship between SCEL and strategic integration. Further research indicates that strategic integration has a complete mediating effect in the impacts of the green image on information and operational integration. This research contributes to GSCI literature and practices by providing novel insights into the path and boundary conditions that SCEL influences GSCI.

Configurations of green human resource management practices on supply chain integration

Building on the resource-based view theory, the purpose of this study is to investigate the configurational relationship between green human resource management (GHRM) practices and supply chain integration. There were six dimensions of GHRM practices in our study. To investigate their configurational effects, a conceptual model was examined through a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. The responses from 76 production supervisors and managers in Indonesian footwear companies were collected. The results revealed three distinct combinations of GHRM practices to affect supply chain integration. The first configuration suggested that green development and training and teamwork would affect supply chain integration. The second configuration indicated that green recruitment and selective hiring and green performance evaluation also influence supply chain integration. In addition, achieving all GHRM practices was also important. This study provides implications from the complicated relationships between the dependent variable and independent variables other than structural equation modeling.