Strategic initiatives and institutional conformity for low carbon supply chain integration

Research has called for firms to prioritize reducing carbon emissions, however strategies to do so with external partners through institutional conformity and integration are lacking in research and practice. Drawing upon the resource-based view and institutional theory, the study in this paper proposes and tests a series of research hypotheses with Chinese firms. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse data and findings reveal carbon emissions reduction and low carbon institutional pressures are crucial forces driving external low carbon supply chain integration with external suppliers and customers. Further, low carbon supply chain integration overall positively impacts a firm’s environmental performance, external customer integration positively impacts a firm’s financial performance, and environmental performance plays a mediating role between external low carbon supply chain integration and financial performance. This study contributes by shedding new light on two patterns of external low carbon supply chain integration compared to prior studies.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2022.2162023
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Liu, Xiaohong
  • Grant, David B
  • Wei, Zhanyu
• Publication Date: 2024-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 1551-1568
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1367-5567
  • EISSN: 1469-848X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjol20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Environmental protection; Pollutants; Strategic planning; Supply chain management
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01931119
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 2024 9:07AM