How to convert green supply chain integration efforts into green innovation: A perspective of knowledge‐based view

Kong, Ting; Feng, Taiwen; Huang, Yufei; Cai, Junya

doi:10.1002/sd.2062

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“…These findings are consistent with the theoretical conjectures of the GSCI literature that green external integration is a critical enabler in motivating information sharing between supply chain partners (Huo et al, 2016; Woo et al, 2016). A potential rationale for this is that green external integration promotes trust between partners in the green supply chain, thus facilitating the information sharing with supplier and customer (Kong et al, 2020; Wu et al, 2014). Another potential rationale is that green external integration ensures the strategic cooperation relationship between the manufacturer and its external partner, which increasing the firm's willingness to engage in strategic and sensitive information sharing (Huo et al, 2016).…”

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“…Second, information sharing with suppliers and customers contributes to the green innovation of the manufacturer, thereby helping to improve financial performance. Green innovation, which refers to the development or improvement of products or processes that aim at reducing negative environmental impacts (Kong et al, 2020), has been recognized as an important enabler for improving a firm's financial performance (Du et al, 2018). One purpose of information sharing with supply chain partners is to enhance firms' ability to develop environmentally friendly products and processes (Lai et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have argued that environmental collaborative relationships in the supply chain were generally characterized by a high level of trust (Huo et al, 2016; Vachon & Klassen, 2008). Green external integration, accordingly, can also ensure a trustworthy partnerships between manufacturer and its suppliers and customers (Kong et al, 2020). The existence of mutual trust creates a better cooperation environment for manufacturer and its external partners, which can improve contract reliability, reduce the inherent information asymmetry, and promote more open and honest information sharing (Cai et al, 2010; Lee & Ha, 2018).…”

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“…Sharing information about green techniques and innovative materials with suppliers can help manufacturers amend or create eco‐designs (Feng et al, 2020; Wu, 2013). Sharing information about customer requirements, expectations, and preferences enables the manufacturer to accurately match customer needs and effectively customize green processes and products (Lai et al, 2015), thereby achieve better green innovation (Kong et al, 2020). Therefore, manufacturers could utilize the information gained from both suppliers and customers to realize better green innovation and improve financial performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a result, greater supply chain contagion in the form of a manufacturer's imitation of the suppliers' green integration is likely to occur. Furthermore, green supplier integration helps to build mutual trust between the manufacturer and its key suppliers (Kong et al, 2020). Based on social contagion theory, the influence is more readily transmitted among trusted supply chain partners (Angst et al, 2010).…”

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Although green supply chain integration (GSCI) has received wide attention, how it diffuses among supply chain members to affect the manufacturer's performance is still unclear. This study examines the relationships among GSCI, information sharing, and financial performance from a social contagion lens. By conceptualizing GSCI into three forms, two types of contagion mechanisms (i.e., cohesion and structural equivalence) were identified to investigate the underlying contagion effects between different forms of GSCI and the effects of various GSCI on information sharing and financial performance. Survey data were collected from 206 Chinese manufacturers and analyzed using structural equation modeling to test hypotheses. The results indicate that green supplier integration directly promotes green internal integration, green customer integration, and information sharing with suppliers. Green internal integration positively influences green customer integration and financial performance.Green customer integration enhances information sharing with customers. Both information sharing with suppliers and customers improve financial performance. This study contributes to the GSCI literature and provides novel managerial implications for manufacturers.

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Environmental pollution has worsened in the past few decades, and increasing pressure is being put on firms by different regulatory bodies, customer groups, NGOs and other media outlets to adopt green process innovations (GPcIs), which include clean technologies and end-of-pipe solutions. Although considerable studies have been published on GPcI, the literature is disjointed, and as such, a comprehensive understanding of the issues, challenges and gaps is lacking. A systematic literature review (SLR) involving 80 relevant studies was conducted to extract seven themes: strategic response, organisational learning, institutional pressures, structural issues, outcomes, barriers and methodological choices. The review thus highlights the various gaps in the GPcI literature and illuminates the pathways for future research by proposing a series of potential research questions. This study is of vital importance to business strategy as it provides a comprehensive framework to help firms understand the various contours of GPcI. Likewise, policymakers can use the findings of this study to fill in the loopholes in the existing regulations that firms are exploiting to circumvent taxes and other penalties by locating their operations to emerging economies with less stringent environmental regulations.clean technology, end-of-pipe solutions, green innovations, green process innovation, systematic literature review | INTRODUCTIONNations around the globe have prioritised economic and industrial growth over the past few decades, often at the expense of the environment. This growth has mainly relied on conventional technologies, which suffer from inefficient energy consumption and severe greenhouse emissions and thus lead to global warming (J. Dai et al., 2015).Per the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming increases the intensity of extreme weather changes, which causes a rise in the sea level and the melting of glaciers, thereby threatening the existence of life on earth (IPCC, 2013). There is thus a dire need to switch from fossil fuel-led energy-inefficient technologies to focus more on clean and green technologies that are not only energy efficient but also help in pollution and emission reduction in the production processes (Erzurumlu & Erzurumlu, 2013). Furthermore, while green technologies have the ability to control the emission of greenhouse gases into the environment, they also have the potential to address the dilemma of economic growth. Given that governments are less willing to adopt alternative technologies if they compromise their economic and industrial growth, green technologies are particularly promising as they help in energy efficiency and emission reduction at the same time (N. Zhang, Liu, et al., 2017).

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Past, present, and future of green product innovation

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Firms are under constant pressure from various governmental and nongovernmental agencies to switch from conventional environmentally polluting products to green product innovations (GPIs). However, the relevant research pertaining to GPI has been published in a diverse set of journals that vary in their scope and readership and, therefore, the scholarly contribution to the topic remains largely fragmented.This study has utilised a systematic literature review approach to examine the literary corpus on GPI to paint a holistic picture of its different aspects. The content and thematic analysis of 85 studies resulted in the extraction of seven key research themes: organisational capabilities, organisational learning, institutional pressures, barriers, structural changes, benefits of GPI, and methodological choices. This study's findings further highlight the various gaps in the GPI literature and raise some research questions that warrant scholarly investigation in the future. Likewise, our study has important implications for practitioners who are likely to benefit from a holistic understanding of the different aspects of GPI. Similarly, policymakers can use this study's findings to introduce policy interventions, especially in countries where GPI adoption is low.

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How to convert green supply chain integration efforts into green innovation: A perspective of knowledge‐based view

Cited by 66 publications

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Green supply chain integration and financial performance: A social contagion and information sharing perspective

Green supply chain integration and financial performance: A social contagion and information sharing perspective

Green process innovation: Where we are and where we are going

Past, present, and future of green product innovation

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