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TY - JOUR
T1 - Green procurement and green supplier development: antecedents and effects on supplier performance (vol 52, pg 32, 2014)
AU - Blome, Constantin
AU - Hollos, Daniel
AU - Paulraj, Antony
AU - Henke, Michael
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - This study adopts the opposing theoretical views of legitimacy – institutional and strategic – in evaluating firm performance and top management commitment as antecedents to green procurement and green supplier development. Additionally, the impact of green procurement and green supplier development on supplier performance is analysed. Using a sample of western European companies, we develop a structural equation model to test our hypotheses. We find that the buying firm’s market performance positively relates to the adoption of green procurement. While financial performance has no effect on green procurement, top management commitment is found to be an important driver of both green procurement and green supplier development. Moreover, the relationship between green procurement and supplier performance is fully mediated by green supplier development. The paper addresses a research gap concerning firm-level antecedents for green procurement and green supplier development showing that both practices may impact supplier performance. Furthermore, it is shown that legitimacy concerns drive basic green procurement, whereas top management is decisive for advanced practices, such as green supplier development.
AB - This study adopts the opposing theoretical views of legitimacy – institutional and strategic – in evaluating firm performance and top management commitment as antecedents to green procurement and green supplier development. Additionally, the impact of green procurement and green supplier development on supplier performance is analysed. Using a sample of western European companies, we develop a structural equation model to test our hypotheses. We find that the buying firm’s market performance positively relates to the adoption of green procurement. While financial performance has no effect on green procurement, top management commitment is found to be an important driver of both green procurement and green supplier development. Moreover, the relationship between green procurement and supplier performance is fully mediated by green supplier development. The paper addresses a research gap concerning firm-level antecedents for green procurement and green supplier development showing that both practices may impact supplier performance. Furthermore, it is shown that legitimacy concerns drive basic green procurement, whereas top management is decisive for advanced practices, such as green supplier development.
KW - green procurement
KW - green supplier development
KW - financial performance
KW - market performance
KW - supplier performance
KW - structural equation modelling
UR - https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1039863210
U2 - 10.1080/00207543.2013.825748
DO - 10.1080/00207543.2013.825748
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 32
EP - 49
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
SN - 0020-7543
IS - 1
ER -