Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Exploring the Role of Supply Chain Dynamic Capabilities in Determining Firm Performance

Abstract

Over the last decades, there is a growing body of research upon the theory and practice of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Although supply chain have long been viewed as a mean to enhance performance, strategic management scholars focusing more in marketing, logistics, and operations management, while relatively limited research has been conducted on the extent to which firms have integrate sustainability principles into the management of their supply chain. In the effort to posits new insights on why some firms outperform others, this study build on strategy theory, operations management theory, business ethics theory, and resource-dependence theory to examine the concept of stakeholder pressure, supply chain orientation, sustainable supply chain management, and supply chain dynamic capabilities upon their impact on firm performance.Four propositions has drawn from the literature review, opening further research venue to empirically test the research propositions. This study contributes to the emerging body of research by addressing the relationship between sustainable supply chain management and supply chain dynamic capabilitiesand through that the impact on firm performance. It is also attempt to contribute insights from the context of the developing countries which have some underlining differences with the developed countries espescially in the context of sustainability efforts. Finally, we present the conceptual model that ilustrates the possible relationship among the variables.