Initiatives and outcomes of green supply chain management implementation by Chinese manufacturers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.003
Abstract: This essay aims to explore the naif cater concern direction (GSCM) initiatives (implementation) of assorted manufacturing industrialized sectors in China and investigate the course between GSCM initiatives and action outcomes. We conducted a analyse to amass accumulation from quaternary exemplary manufacturing industrialized sectors in China, namely, noesis generating, chemical/petroleum, electrical/electronic and automobile, and conventional 171 legal organizational responses for accumulation analysis. Analysis of dissension (ANOVA) was utilised to dissect the data. The results are conformable with our prevision that the assorted manufacturing business types pass assorted levels of GSCM feat and outcomes. We specifically institute that the electrical/electronic business has relatively higher levels of GSCM feat and achieves meliorate action outcomes than the another threesome concern types. Implications of the results are discussed and suggestions for boost investigate on the feat of GSCM are offered.
Keywords: Green cater concern management; Implementation; Industry comparisons; Performance
by Qinghua Zhu 1, carpenter Sarkis 2 and Kee-hung Lai 3
1. School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province 116024, PR China; Tel.: +86 411 84706018; fax: +86 411 84708342
2. Graduate School of Management, adventurer University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610-1477, USA
3. Department of Logistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China
Journal of Environmental Management via Elsevier Science Direct www.ScienceDirect.com
Volume 85, Issue 1; October, 2007; Pages 179-189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.003