From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a literature review on sustainable supply chain management taking 191 papers published from 1994 to 2007 into account, and a conceptual framework to summarize the research in this field comprising three parts.
About: This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2008-10-01. It has received 4760 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supply chain sustainability & Supply chain.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors categorize and review recent green supply chain management literature under nine broad organizational theories, with a special emphasis on investigation of adoption, diffusion and outcomes of GSCM practices.
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...These GSCM literature reviews typically begin at or around 1990 (e.g., Seuring and Müller, 2008b; Srivastava, 2007)....
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...As the field matured, anecdotal case studies evolved into theoretical development investigations, and eventually theory testing empirical studies along with more advanced formal modeling tools for evaluating GSCM (Seuring and Müller, 2008b)....
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...Thus, ample opportunity exists for green supplier development, which has been rarely investigated, within the scope of SNT (Seuring and Müller, 2008a)....
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TL;DR: This paper critically examines how blockchains, a potentially disruptive technology that is early in its evolution, can overcome many potential barriers and proposes future research propositions and directions that can provide insights into overcoming barriers and adoption of blockchain technology for supply chain management.
Abstract: Globalisation of supply chains makes their management and control more difficult. Blockchain technology, as a distributed digital ledger technology which ensures transparency, traceability, and sec...
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...…social aspects of sustainability has not been well-defined on the literature and is less mature overall in sustainable supply chain research (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008; Seuring and Müller 2008; Fahimnia, Sarkis, and Davarzani 2015) which makes the social performance measurement more challenging....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the current literature on business models in the contexts of technological, organizational, and social sustainability innovations and propose examples of normative 'boundary conditions' that business models should meet in order to support sustainable innovations.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to advance research on sustainable innovation by adopting a business model perspective. Through a confrontation of the literature on both topics we find that research on sustainable innovation has tended to neglect the way in which firms need to combine a value proposition, the organization of the upstream and downstream value chain, and a financial model, in order to bring sustainability innovations to the market. Therefore, we review the current literature on business models in the contexts of technological, organizational, and social sustainability innovations. As the current literature does not offer a general conceptual definition of sustainable business models, we propose examples of normative 'boundary conditions' that business models should meet in order to support sustainable innovations. Finally, we sketch the outline of a research agenda by formulating a number of guiding questions.
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...This condition requires that a firm actively engages suppliers into sustainable supply chain management (Seuring and Muller 2008)....
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...There is substantial literature on how supply chains are reorganized in the process of making them more sustainable (e.g., Boons and Mendoza, 2010; Seuring and Müller, 2008; Vermeulen and Seuring, 2009)....
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...This condition requires that a firm actively engages suppliers into sustainable supply chain management, which includes, for example, forms of social issue management and materials cycles that avoid/reuse wastes (Seuring and Müller, 2008)....
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...Also, modeling studies give insight into the complex way in which, for instance, regulatory standards and supply chain pressures interact in a supply chain (Saint-Jean, 2008; Seuring and Müller, 2008)....
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...Also, modeling studies give insight into the complex way in which, for instance, regulatory standards and supply chain pressures interact in a supply chain (Saint Jean, 2008; Seuring and Müller, 2008)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the current literature on business models in the contexts of technological, organizational and social innovation and propose examples of normative requirements that business models should meet in order to support sustainable innovations.
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TL;DR: The aim of this paper is to review recently published papers in reverse logistic and closed-loop supply chain in scientific journals and identify gaps in the literature to clarify and to suggest future research opportunities.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors aim to extend the collaborative paradigm beyond a supply chain's core operations to peripheral, non-core areas such as the natural environment and examine the antecedents of green supply chain practices.
Abstract: Purpose – This research aims to extend the “collaborative paradigm” proposed by others in prior research beyond a supply chain's core operations. To date, this paradigm has generated relatively little empirical research on peripheral, non‐core areas such the natural environment. Antecedents (both plant‐level and supply chain characteristics) of green supply chain practices (GSCP) are examined. Among possible antecedents, prior research pointed to supply chain integration – both logistical (tactical level) and technological (strategic level) – as a potentially important determinant of green practices.Design/methodology/approach – Green practices are defined along the two dimensions of environmental collaboration and monitoring. The empirical analysis used data from 84 plants in North America surveyed in 2002. Validity and reliability of scales for new and existing constructs were assessed through factor analysis. Hierarchical linear regression was used to test the hypotheses for the antecedents of GSCP.Fin...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the various issues related to environmental (green) supply chain management performance measurement, and identify a number of issues that need to still be addressed.
Abstract: Purpose – To introduce and provide an overview of the various issues related to environmental (green) supply chain management performance measurement.Design/methodology/approach – The work relies on experiences, case studies and other literature related to performance measurement in environmental supply chains. It seeks to integrate works in supply chain management, environmental management, and performance management into one framework. A systems framework forms the discussion outline with a focus on controls/pressures, inputs, tools, and outputs as major categories for evaluation and review.Findings – Provides an integrative framework for study, design and evaluation of green supply chain management performance tools. The findings also identify a number of issues that need to still be addressed.Research limitations/implications – We have only one design of the issues in which numerous categorizations could be provided. There is limited research in this area and new and current models/developments can pr...
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper evaluated and described green supply chain management (GSCM) drivers, practices and performance among various Chinese manufacturing organizations, based on a literature review, four propositions are put forward.
Abstract: Purpose – Green supply chain management (GSCM) has emerged as a key approach for enterprises seeking to become environmentally sustainable. This paper aims to evaluate and describe GSCM drivers, practices and performance among various Chinese manufacturing organizations.Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, four propositions are put forward. An empirical study using survey research was completed. The survey questionnaire was designed with 54 items using literature and industry expert input. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to derive groupings of GSCM pressures, practice and performance from the survey data which included 314 responses. A categorical and descriptive nature of the results is then presented with an evaluation and comparative analysis with previous research findings.Findings – Chinese enterprises have increased their environmental awareness due to regulatory, competitive, and marketing pressures and drivers. However, this awareness has not been translated int...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a strategic decision framework that will aid managerial decision-making based on literature and practice in the area of environmentally conscious business practices and explore the applicability of a dynamic non-linear multi-attribute decision model, defined as the analytical network process, for decision making within the green supply chain.
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TL;DR: Sutton and Staw as discussed by the authors argue that most of what passes for theory in organizational studies consists of approximations, and they focus on the process of theorizing, rather than the products of the theorizing process.
Abstract: ? 1995 by Cornell University. 0001 -8392/95/4003-0385/$1 . 00. Products of the theorizing process seldom emerge as fullblown theories, which means that most of what passes for theory in organizational studies consists of approximations. Although these approximations vary in their generality, few of them take the form of strong theory, and most of them can be read as texts created "in lieu of" strong theories. These substitutes for theory may result from lazy theorizing in which people try to graft theory onto stark sets of data. But they may also represent interim struggles in which people intentionally inch toward stronger theories. The products of laziness and intense struggles may look the same and may consist of references, data, lists, diagrams, and hypotheses. To label these five as "not theory" makes sense if the problem is laziness and incompetence. But ruling out those same five may slow inquiry if the problem is theoretical development still in its early stages. Sutton and Staw know this. But it gets lost in their concern with theory as a product rather than as a process. To add complication and nuance to their message, I want to focus on the process of theorizing.
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