RETRACTED: The impact of sustainable development strategy on sustainable supply chain firm performance in the digital transformation era

Abstract

Availability of limited resources presents the need for sustainable development strategies to achieve sustainable performance. However, in the era of digitalization and globalization many researchers explored the role of digital technologies in improving sustainable performance. However, the literature on the role of collaboration and coordination in a digitally enabled supply chain (SC) to achieve sustainability is still lacking. This study aims to investigate the effect of supply chain collaboration and coordination (SCC), sustainable development strategy (SDS), digital transformation (DIT), and collaborative advantages (COA) on sustainable supply chain firm performance (SSCFP). The conceptual model is based on the relational view (RV), transaction cost economics (TCE), technology, organization and environment (TOE), and resource-based view (RBV) theories. This study utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze data collected from 361 respondents of the automotive industry in India. The findings show that SCC positively affects SDS and DIT. SDS positively affects DIT, COA, and DIT positively affects SSCFP. DIT fully mediates the relationship between SCC and COA. The study suggests that managers can apply SCC, SDS,and DIT in series to achieve sustainable performance. However, the COA can only be enhanced in the digitalized SC. The study provides empirical evidence to policymakers and practitioners for the synergy between SCC, SDS, DIT, and COA to achieve sustainable performance in the SC's manufacturing firm.

The emerging driving force of inclusive green growth: Does digital economy agglomeration work?

“…Digital technology can improve the efficiency of unstructured data management, facilitate decision‐making and prediction, improve the effectiveness of consumer feedback, and promote green behaviors such as energy conservation and emission reduction, resource efficiency, and cost reduction. Therefore, digital transformation can help improve sustainability and promote inclusive green growth (Nayal et al, 2021). In the wake of the profound integration of digitization with various fields in society, the adjustment of industrial structure has brought unprecedented changes (Wang, 2020).…”

“…To examine the impact of digital economy agglomeration on inclusive green growth, a comparative analysis was conducted, controlling digital economy agglomeration separately by sequentially increasing the control variables, region effects, and time effects. As identified in Therefore, digital transformation can help improve sustainability and promote inclusive green growth (Nayal et al, 2021). In the wake of the profound integration of digitization with various fields in society, the adjustment of industrial structure has brought unprecedented changes (Wang, 2020).…”

“…Since reform and opening up, China's economy has achieved leapfrog development (Hao et al, 2022); consequently, massive ecological and environmental costs have been paid (Chai et al, 2021). Significantly, China still faces prominent problems such as excessive income inequality, unbalanced development, and ecological and environmental issues (Hao et al, 2021; Nayal et al, 2021; Wu & Xie, 2020), which were caused by the insufficiency of “inclusiveness” and “greening” in the traditional economy. In response to the above dilemma, inclusive green growth was put forward at the Rio + 20 summit in 2012 with the intention of combining world interests with green and inclusive growth and ultimately realizing global sustainable development (World Bank, 2012).…”

Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Mediated and Moderated Model

“…Sustainable supply chain strategy was measured using 3 item scale developed by Nayal et al ( 42 ). Sample items include: “The industry markets the same products with minor variations as per consumer demand and trends of the market”; “The industry has relevant IT-related knowledge and skills to adapt to recent sustainable market trends.” Sustainability inhibitors was measured using 5 item scale developed by Gopal and Thakkar ( 43 ).…”

“…Sample items include: “The industry markets the same products with minor variations as per consumer demand and trends of the market”; “The industry has relevant IT-related knowledge and skills to adapt to recent sustainable market trends.” Sustainability inhibitors was measured using 5 item scale developed by Gopal and Thakkar ( 43 ). Sample items include: “Resistance to technology advancement adoption” and “Unawareness of customers.” The dependent variable sustainable competitive advantage was measured using Nayal et al ( 42 ) developed using a five-item scale. Sample items include: “Application of digital technologies and collaboration improves process efficiency”; “The digitalized Supply Chain responsible for improved collaboration and coordination improves flexibility.” Five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree was used to measure the study variables.…”