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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 Subramanian
This 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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  • Published

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Journal

Business Strategy and the Environment

ISSN

0964-4733

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

6

Volume

29

Page range

2734-2754

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  • Management Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-05-28

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-06-15

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-05-28

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