Relationships between Operational
Practices and Performance among Early Adopters of Green Supply Chain Management
Practices in Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises
Qinghua Zhu and Joseph Sarkis
Journal of Operations Management, Forthcoming, 2004.
Globalization results in both
pressure and drivers for Chinese enterprises to improve their environmental
performance. As a developing country, China has to balance economic and
environmental performance. Green supply chain management (GSCM) is emerging to
be an important approach for Chinese enterprises to improve performance,
possibly on both these dimensions. Using empirical results from 186 respondents
on GSCM practice in Chinese manufacturing enterprises, we examine the
relationships between GSCM practice and environmental and economic performance.
Using moderated hierarchical regression analysis, we evaluate the general
relationships between specific GSCM practices and performance. We then
investigate how two primary types of management operations philosophies, quality
management and just-in-time (or lean) manufacturing principles, influence the
relationship between GSCM practices and performance. Significant findings were
determined for a number of relationships. Managerial implications are also
identified.
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