Impact of green supply chain management on company performances
- 발행기관 Ajou University, Graduate School of International Studies
- 지도교수 Byeong-Yun Chang
- 발행년도 2013
- 제출일 2013-06-20
- 학위수여년월 2013. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제경영학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000014692
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
Environmental issues are being addressed more often these days as the issues are causing an enormous danger to the survival of nature. Governments and other third party organizations are making much stricter laws and regulations in order for companies to comply and follow those rules. Furthermore, environmental awareness of consumers driving companies to re-think environmental strategies of companies and to produce more environmentally friendly products. Outside pressures had driven companies to implement environmental practices such as cleaner production and environmental management systems which address the existing environmental issues. Adopting proactive and innovative environmental practices brought to the introduction of green supply chain management (GSCM) which involves incorporating environmental thinking at each stage of supply chain management. Many companies question the positive influence of implementing GSCM practices to economic performance as they believe that implementing GSCM practices are costly, time consuming, and negatively affects. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between pressures, GSCM practices, and company performances. Through the extensive literature review this study developed a research model including five constructs: external pressures, internal pressures, GSCM practices, environmental performance, and economic performance. Statistical analyses were based on the data collected, through survey questionnaires, from 19 companies in Republic of Korea. In addition, structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data and to test the developed hypotheses. The results of the analyses indicated an insignificant influence of external pressures to GSCM practices and internal pressures to GSCM practices. It is found that GSCM practices positively influence the environmental performance of companies and the environmental performance also positively influence the economic performance of companies. The indirect link between GSCM practices and the economic performance is found to be significant. The findings indicate that companies involved in GSCM practices would benefit from performance improvements. However, the pressures from external and internal factors are still insignificant which implies that the governments should be involved in the process of greening. Keywords: pressures, GSCM practices, environmental performance, economic performance, structural equation modeling, Republic of Korea.
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ABSTRACT I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
LIST OF FIGURES VI
LIST OF TABLES VII
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS VIII
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 2
1.3 Purpose of the Study 3
1.4 Significance of the Study 4
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Supply Chain Management and the Environment 5
2.2 Pressures and Drivers to Implement GSCM Practices 7
2.3 GSCM Practices 9
2.3.1 In-bound function 11
2.3.2 Production function 13
2.3.3 Out-bound function 15
2.4 Company Performances 16
2.4.1 Environmental performance 17
2.4.2 Economic performance 17
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 19
3.1 Hypotheses Development 19
3.1.1 External pressures 19
3.1.2 Internal pressures 19
3.1.3 The link between external pressures and internal pressures 20
3.1.4 Environmental performance 20
3.1.5 The link between environmental performance and economic performance 21
3.1.6 Economic performance 21
3.2 Theoretical Framework 21
3.3 Questionnaire Development 22
3.4 Data Collection 23
3.5 Data Analysis and Estimation Methods 23
3.6 PLS Model Analysis 24
3.6.1 Outer model assessment 24
3.6.2 Inner model assessment 27
CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 31
4.1 Survey Results 31
4.1.1 Impact of pressures on implementation of GSCM practices 31
4.1.2 Environmental actions practiced in last few years 32
4.1.3 Improvements in company performances due to the implementation 33
4.2 Hypotheses Testing 34
4.3 Discussion of Findings 38
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION 41
REFERENCES 44
APPENDIX 1: COMPLETE LIST OF ITEMS 48
APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONNAIRE 49
APPENDIX 3: INDICATOR LOADINGS OF CONSTRUCTS 53
APPENDIX 4: CROSS LOADINGS OF MEASUREMENT ITEMS 54
