What Drives Successful Implementation of Product Stewardship Strategy? The Role of Absorptive Capability

Bhupendra, Kumar Verma; Sangle, Shirish

doi:10.1002/csr.1394

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“…While it does involve some of the same pollution prevention activities, other key activities involved include stakeholder engagement and supply chain integration (Bhupendra and Sangle, 2017). It also involves developing and exerting influence over the entire supply chain, thereby allowing the business to pre-empt its competitors.…”

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How supply chain choices affect the life cycle impacts of medical products

Gabriel

Bortsie-Aryee

Apparicio-Farrell

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The natural resource based view (NRBV) of organisations suggests that there are two main models used by businesses to achieve short-term sustainability outcomes. They are the product stewardship and pollution prevention models. Here is the case of a New York-based wholesaler of medical supplies. The business aims to develop a more environmentally sustainable supply chain for one of its products -an emesis basin. The emesis basin is currently only offered in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, which has negative effects on the natural environment. This study aimed to assess how the focus of the business' new business model might affect the overall life cycle impacts of this product. To achieve this, we compared the environmental impacts of the conventional product (Scenario 1-an HDPE basin) with equivalent products supplied via pollution prevention (Scenario 2 -a bioplastic basin) and product stewardship (Scenario 3 -green supply chain management and improvements) scenarios, as well as a combination scenario (Scenario 4). The results show that, in line with expectations, the pollution prevention option -switching to a bioplastic product -has the lowest environmental impacts. Unexpectedly though, the product stewardship option had a greater impact on the natural environment than the conventional HDPE, business-as-usual option. We suggest there may greater environmental gains to be obtained by focusing on one's core business, than by extending influence to the entire supply chain. KEYWORDSNatural resource-based view (NRBV); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable supply chains; medical supply sector HIGHLIGHTS  Four scenarios comparing conventional and bio-plastics considered  Bioplastic product has lowest environmental impact (pollution prevention scenario)  Supply chain changes (product stewardship) have higher impact due to transport fuels  There are benefits to focusing on core business over supply chain integration  We support deeper inclusion of medical supply industry in sustainability discussion Word Count: 8,082ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2

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“…Research to date has demonstrated that these strategies do lead to improvements in overall ecological impact (see Graham et al (2016) and Bhupendra and Sangle (2017) for example).…”

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How supply chain choices affect the life cycle impacts of medical products

Gabriel

Bortsie-Aryee

Apparicio-Farrell

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Control organizations will embrace more straightforward practices, and proactive companies will select more complex activities that indicate a higher degree of environmental stewardship. With higher degrees of environmental stewardship, organizations achieve more significant business benefits than those seeking only minimal compliance with government regulations (Bhupendra & Sangle, 2017; Guimaraes & Liska, 1995; Jabbour et al, 2012).…”

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Who is going to save the Brazilian Amazon forest? Reflections on deforestation, wildlife eviction, and stewardship behavior

Silva

Costa

Farias

et al. 2020

Psychology and Marketing

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The Brazilian Amazon deforestation is the context for this article, approached as a crime against humanity and wildlife. Recently, Amazon forest fires have also worried most of the economically developed nations, generating criticism and demanding that the Brazilian Government be more active in preventing fires and deforestation. It is necessary to guarantee the wellbeing and health of millions of animal species that live in this habitat, avoiding their extinctions and encouraging the preservation of the forest and its inhabitants. Agribusiness, together with illegal timber trade, are blamed for most of the deforestation. In this paper, we present and discuss Brazilian Amazon deforestation data, addressing the role of agribusiness as dependent on good environmental governance. We argue how stewardship behavior needs to become a path to stop deforestation and wildlife eviction and we reflect on what marketers in Brazil and the world can do to better protect the Amazon rainforest. We conclude that the Government, companies, and society must be coresponsible for the protection of the Amazon rainforest through conservation transparency, dialogue, environmental awareness, and sustainability in production and consumption practices.

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“…They recognized that the DC perspective is suitable for studying the complex and ambiguous issue of environmental sustainability. Some other papers relating to the environmental sustainability challenge have focused attention on a particular DC, such as absorptive capacity (Bhupendra & Sangle, ), communication skills (to convince stakeholders), sustainable supplier development capability (Foerstl, Reuter, Hartmann, & Blome, ), a proactive environmental strategy (Aragon‐Correa & Sharma, ), corporate environmental innovation, corporate environmental adaptability (Wong, ), or environmental search routines (Hilliard & Jacobson, ). Overall, research on environmental sustainability DCs, although still new, is achieving some degree of recognition.…”

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Sustainable development and dynamic capabilities in the fashion industry: A multi‐case study

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Foss

Furlan

et al. 2019

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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We used the dynamic capabilities approach to study environmental sustainability and development in the fashion industry. To achieve green transformation, companies need to develop effective dynamic capabilities, which entails changing their current organizational design by realigning their activities, partnerships, and routines with the changed external environment. By means of three case studies, we identified the components of dynamic capabilities that can be instrumental in companies' innovation and adaptability toward sustainability goals. In particular, we examined how companies sensed market opportunities and threats, seized such opportunities, and reconfigured their internal assets. We also investigated how structural changes in these firms reflected their strategies for supporting sustainability development.

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What Drives Successful Implementation of Product Stewardship Strategy? The Role of Absorptive Capability

Cited by 20 publications

References 84 publications

How supply chain choices affect the life cycle impacts of medical products

How supply chain choices affect the life cycle impacts of medical products

Who is going to save the Brazilian Amazon forest? Reflections on deforestation, wildlife eviction, and stewardship behavior

Sustainable development and dynamic capabilities in the fashion industry: A multi‐case study

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