Diffusion of selected green supply chain management practices: an assessment of Chinese enterprises

Abstract

Environmental pollution and resource depletion pressures have caused manufacturers in developing countries such as China to improve environmental performance. In response, thoughtful and innovative enterprises have implemented emergent environmental management practices including elements of green supply chain management (GSCM). Diffusion of these practices to enterprises occurs from internal and external influences. Given that GSCM practices can be viewed as management innovations, this article applies the seminal Bass model to analyse GSCM practices diffusion. Specifically, the Bass model for diffusion is used to evaluate data for ISO 14001 certification and eco-labelling practices in China. In this investigation, we evaluate the relative roles of innovation and imitation drivers for diffusion of these GSCM practices. We find that even though innovation is not insignificant, imitation plays a much larger role for these specific GSCM practices diffusions amongst Chinese enterprises. Managerial and policy implications of these and other findings are also discussed.

A structural analysis of greening the supplier, environmental performance and competitive advantage

“…The relationship between environmental performance and competitive advantage Due to environmental pollution and the depletion in resources, manufacturers in the developing nations are pressured to enhance their environmental performance (Zhu, Tian, and Sarkis 2012). Generally, through the implementation of environmental management or GSCM, a company can improve on their environmental performance.…”

Risk analysis in green supply chain using fuzzy AHP approach: A case study

“…Besides, in accordance with the studies of Van Hoek and Erasmus (2000), Rao and Holt (2005) and Carvalho et al (2010) GSCM offers important means in promoting proficiency and effectiveness between partners, and cost savings to achieve more and more returns in business, through ecological risks and impacts reduction. With these considerations, the idea of 'green' has now been emerged as a requirement to generate economic-ecological advantages for the organizational supply chain in the long run (Kumar et al, 2012;Zhu et al, 2012).…”

Mediation analysis of environmental training: Perceived stakeholder pressure and environmental supply chain management practices

“…in addition to this, suggests that firms cooperate actively with the customers with customer and regulatory pressure for eco-design and green manufacturing respectively. For internal management practices such as waste reduction and recycling government regulations are important (Zhu, Tian, & Sarkis, 2012;Odeyale et al, 2013).…”