Driving sustainability in supply chain management for a more inclusive and responsible future

Wael Hassan El-Garaihy, Tamer Farag, Khalid Al Shehri, Piera Centobelli and Roberto Cerchione

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2022, vol. 73, issue 1, 43-84

Abstract: Purpose - Nowadays, a prominent research area is the development of competitive advantages in companies, due to their environmental commitment and orientation. Based on resource-based view (RBV) and institutional theory (InT), this paper aims to investigate the influence of internal and external orientation on businesses' sustainable performance while considering the effect of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices. Design/methodology/approach - Data from 351 manufacturing companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been collected and analysed through structural equation modelling (SEM) using the partial least squares (PLS) method. Findings - The results indicated that both internal and external environmental orientation have important effects on SSCM practices, which in turn have a considerable beneficial effect on environmental, social and economic performance. Originality/value - Although SSCM is constantly gaining ground in the literature, most SSCM research and models examine its effects, antecedents or motivation, mainly adopting a qualitative approach. Research on the topic adopting a large-scale empirical approach is still limited. In this context, this study contributes to the SSCM management literature by exploring the role of environmental orientation in facilitating the adoption of SSCM practices and improving companies' performance.

Keywords: Environmental orientation; Institutional theory (InT); Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM); Resource-based view (RBV); Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices; Sustainable performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-01-2022-0028

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