The Interplay between Digital Technologies, Supply Chain Resilience, Robustness and Sustainable Environmental Performance: Does Supply Chain Complexity Matter?

Abdelmoneim Bahyeldin Mohamed Metwally (), Hesham Ali Ahmed Ali, Saleh Aly Saleh Aly and Mohamed Ali Shabeeb Ali
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Abdelmoneim Bahyeldin Mohamed Metwally: Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Hesham Ali Ahmed Ali: College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics, Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK
Saleh Aly Saleh Aly: Department of Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt
Mohamed Ali Shabeeb Ali: Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-23

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the mediating role of supply chain resilience and robustness on the relationship between the use of digital technologies and sustainable environmental performance. Additionally, it investigates the moderating role of supply chain complexity on the impact of digital technologies on supply chain resilience and robustness. Data were gathered from 292 supply chain managers at registered manufacturing companies in Egypt and analyzed using Smart-PLS 4 software. The findings reveal that supply chain resilience and robustness partially mediate the link between digital technologies and sustainable environmental performance. Moreover, supply chain complexity was found to positively moderate the effect of digital technologies on both resilience and robustness. The model explained 53.2% of the variance in supply chain robustness, 56.6% in supply chain resilience, and 72.3% in sustainable environmental performance. These results provide critical insights for corporate policymaking, helping to drive continuous improvements in supply chain management, environmental performance, and sustainable development.

Keywords: supply chain resilience; supply chain robustness; supply chain complexity; sustainable environmental performance; emerging economy; Egypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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