Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the peer-reviewed literature, as well as literature written by practitioners having authority on green supply chains and allied areas with a view to identify future research directions with the help of an extensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach In line with this objective, the constructs “Green Supply Chain Practices” and “Green Supply Chain Performance” were the two terms that were identified for a co-relational study. Findings As indicated by the literature review, there is a need to do a more detailed study that can pinpoint particular components of green supply chain practices that have a strong association with particular components of green supply chain performance. This paper attempts to achieve the aim by using a different connotation of these two constructs. Originality/value Such a study with the connotation and components of green supply chain (GSC) practices and GSC performance as identified and used in this paper might not have been conducted before in the way it is proposed to be used in this paper, thus making this an appropriate contribution. Accordingly, a framework for the research has been depicted, and research questions have been framed.

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This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain Practices have been known to have an impact on Green Supply Chain Performance [5].This paper tests empirically through a pilot study of the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector, the contribution of the four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing in Green Supply Chain Performance measurement. Also the paper establishes the reliability of the questionnaire instrument developed previously for measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing and also for measuring the reliability of the four variables that constitute the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing. Further the paper establishes the correlation among these four variables. Finally this paper conducts Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to arrive at a single factor (linear combination of four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing) to aid in measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing. Finally the paper establishes the order of contribution of the four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Marketing.

This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain

This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain Practices have been known to have an impact on Green Supply Chain Performance [5].This paper tests empirically through a pilot study of the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector, the contribution of the four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging in Green Supply Chain Performance measurement. Also the paper establishes the reliability of the questionnaire instrument developed previously for measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging and also for measuring the four variables that constitute the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging. Further the paper establishes the correlation among these four variables. Finally this paper conducts Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to arrive at a single factor (linear combination of four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging) to aid in measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging. Finally the paper establishes the order of contribution of the four variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Execution-Packaging.

Consistently the ten multiple regression models that were developed established that there is a definite ordering of the five Green Supply Chain Practices while jointly impacting each of the ten component measures of Green Supply Chain Performance individually. These findings would enable practicing managers in the automobile manufacturing sector of India to take decisions related to implementation of green supply chain practices which would result in enhancing a particular green supply chain performance measure. This information regarding implementation of Green Supply Chain Practices would be very handy as it has financial and policy making implications.

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: This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain