An empirical examination of sustainability for multinational firms in China: Implications for cleaner production

D’Souza, Clare; McCormack, Silvia; Taghian, Mehdi; Chu, Mei-Tai; Mort, Gillian Sullivan; Ahmed, Tanvir

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118446

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“…Considering that in practice, firms' sustainability is simultaneously affected by multiple factors (D'Souza et al, 2020;Lourenço & Branco, 2013), moderations and mediation pathways may exist in the relationship between SSM practices and SP. The governance mechanisms for a firm performance recently proposed that the differentiated effects of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices could be significantly revealed through probing supply chain dynamic capabilities (Hong et al, 2018;Vijayan & Kamarulzaman, 2020), the performance of supplier risk management and performance of manufacturing risk management (Kumar et al, 2018), social networks and network governance as critical intermediaries between SSCM institutional forces and SSCM commitment (H. E. Lu et al, 2018).…”

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Sustainable Supply Management Practices and Sustainability Performance: The Dynamic Capability Perspective

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This study aims to build and examine a model of sustainable supply management (SSM) practices and sustainability performance (SP) from a dynamic capability perspective. More precisely, this article examines whether SSM practices have an affect on SP, and this relation is mediated by supply chain risk management (SCRM) and network capability (NC), and moderated by firm size. We collected data from 436 supply management professionals through a survey instrument from six manufacturing and logistics companies in China. The hypothesized direct and indirect linkages were tested through structural equation modeling. Our findings highlight that SSM practices positively affect SCRM, NC, and SP. The link between SSM practices and SP is mediated by SCRM and NC. The results indicate that firm size moderate the hypothesized relationships differentially based on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) versus large enterprises. Our study is novel in establishing empirically how SSM practices influence SP as an integrative model bringing together firm size, SCRM, and NC. Our empirical results have critical implications for both supply chain management literature and supply management professionals.

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Sustainable Supply Management Practices and Sustainability Performance: The Dynamic Capability Perspective

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“…A consequence of economic globalization points to the improved relationship between developers within similar industries in different parts of the world [15]. It is believed that multinational enterprises should keep control of and improve their efficiency, effectiveness, and predictability among competitors, as well as market share, for maximum market growth [16,17]. Moreover, as a result of market competitiveness, top tier international corporations face additional challenges that can affect their market output, such as environmental concern and social backlash [18].…”

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Globalization Impact on Multinational Enterprises

Kyove

Streltsova

Odibo

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The impact of globalization on multinational enterprises was examined from the years 1980 to 2020. A scoping literature review was conducted for a total of 141 articles. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed typologies were categorized and conclusions were drawn regarding the influence and performance (i.e., positive or negative effects) of globalization. Developed countries show more saturated markets than developing countries that favor developing country multinational enterprises to rely heavily on foreign sales for revenue growth. Developed country multinationals are likely to use more advanced factors of production to create revenue, whereas developing country multinationals are more likely to use less advanced forms. A number of common trends and issues showed corporate social responsibility, emerging markets, political issues, and economic matters as key to global market production. Recommendations signal a strong need for more research that addresses contributive effects in the different economies, starting with the emerging to the developed. Limitations of data availability and inconsistency posed a challenge for this review, yet the use of operationalization, techniques, and analyses from the business literature enabled this study to be an excellent starting point for additional work in the field.

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“…Interestingly, in macro and macro-level implementation of green initiatives, organizational management's role could be a significant contributor to environmental management. Especially in China's case, one can see the noticeable gravity of governance emphasizing sustainability (D'Souza et al, 2020;M. Li, Dong, Luan, & Wang, 2020).…”

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“…Interestingly, in macro- and macro-level implementation of green initiatives, organizational management's role could be a significant contributor to environmental management. Especially in China's case, one can see the noticeable gravity of governance emphasizing sustainability (D'Souza et al , 2020; Li et al , 2020a). Researchers have pointed out that leadership may influence their followers' green attitudes and behaviors through environmental policies and targets (Singh et al , 2020).…”

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Environmental-specific servant leadership as a strategic tool to accomplish environmental performance: a case of China

Siddiquei

Asmi

Asadullah

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IJM

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PurposeThe Chinese firms are keenly focused on reducing their environmental footprints as part of the competitive strategy. Within the context of sustainable organizations in China, we test a multilevel framework that examined the impact of environmental-specific servant leadership on the green individual (pro-environmental behavior) and team (project green performance) outcomes within projects. Using social identity theory, we theorize and test the mediating role of green self-identity (individual level) and team green identification (team level) in the relationships between environmental-specific servant leadership, pro-environmental behavior and project green performance.Design/methodology/approachWe used survey questionnaires to collect multi-level and multi-wave data from 42 ongoing project-based sustainable organisations in China. The multilevel team to individual-level hypothesis were analyzed using multilevel-modeling via Mplus, while team level hypotheses were tested using ordinary least squares regression.FindingsThe multilevel regression analysis showed that environmental-specific servant leadership has a trickle-down effect of green self-identity, which subsequently predicts pro-environmental behavior. The ordinary least squares regression results demonstrated that environmental-specific servant leadership predicts project green performance via team green identification. Also, environmental-specific servant leadership has a positive and direct impact on pro-environmental behavior and project green performance.Research limitations/implicationsWe offer community and service dimension of leadership as a determinant of environmental performance at multiple levels. We provide managerial and policy implications to Chinese organizations striving to reposition themselves as eco-friendly organizations both nationally and globally.Originality/valueThe study is among the first to understand the role of environmental-specific servant leadership in predicting individual-level and team-level environment-related mediator and outcomes simultaneously.

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An empirical examination of sustainability for multinational firms in China: Implications for cleaner production

Cited by 38 publications

References 53 publications

Sustainable Supply Management Practices and Sustainability Performance: The Dynamic Capability Perspective

Sustainable Supply Management Practices and Sustainability Performance: The Dynamic Capability Perspective

Globalization Impact on Multinational Enterprises

Environmental-specific servant leadership as a strategic tool to accomplish environmental performance: a case of China

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