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Supply chain collaboration and eco-innovations: an institutional perspective from China
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posted on 2023-06-07, 07:07 authored by Peter S Hofman, Constantin Blome, Martin Schleper, Nachiappan SubramanianNachiappan SubramanianThis study explores the impact of supply chain collaboration on eco-innovations in the context of 220 Chinese manufacturing supplier firms involved in global supply chain networks. It investigates how supplier and customer collaborations help firms to enhance product eco-innovations, and/or process eco-innovations, and how the institutional context (i.e., regulatory, market, and community pressures) influences these relationships. The structural equation modeling approach is used to analyze the data captured from medium and large manufacturing enterprises in three major sectors: automotive, electronics, and textiles. The results show that community pressure has a positive effect on supplier collaboration, which further leads to enhanced process eco-innovation. On the other hand, the findings indicate that while market pressure enhances customer collaboration, this does not reinforce product eco-innovation. Contrary to our expectation, regulatory pressures do not impact supplier or customer collaboration for innovation. Overall, different institutional factors indicate divergent effects on supply chain collaboration and product/process eco-innovation. The importance of normative pressures, such as those applied through the local community and interest groups, for eco-innovations in production processes is further discussed as a typical feature of the institutional environment of Chinese supplier firms.
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Business Strategy and the EnvironmentISSN
0964-4733Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
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6Volume
29Page range
2734-2754Department affiliated with
- Management Publications
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2020-05-28First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-06-15First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2020-05-28Usage metrics
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