Responsabilité sociétale et développement durable

French

Sustainable Supply Chains: Governance Mechanisms to Greening Suppliers

  • PDF
User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 
There are no translations available.

Abstract  
One of the key challenges for firms is to manage sustainability along the supply chain. To extend sustainability to suppliers, organizations have developed different governance mechanisms. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of two different mechanisms (i.e., supplier assessment and collaboration with suppliers) to improve one dimension of sustainability: environmental performance. Structural Equation Modeling and cluster analysis were used to analyze the relationships between supplier assessment, collaboration with suppliers, and environmental performance. The results suggest that (1) both mechanisms, supplier assessment and collaboration with suppliers, have a positive and synergistic effect on environmental performance, and (2) assessment acts as an enabler of collaboration. Finally, the paper also contributes to the literature by providing a framework of sustainability governance mechanisms.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-15
  • DOI 10.1007/s10551-012-1458-4
  • Authors
    • Cristina Gimenez, Department of Operations Management and Innovation, ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Avda. Torre Blanca 59, 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
    • Vicenta Sierra, Department of Quantitative Methods, ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Avda. Torre Blanca 59, 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain

Read Full Article

collaborators

partners

Vous êtes ici Awareness Papers Sustainable Supply Chains: Governance Mechanisms to Greening Suppliers