Research on Optimal Greenness Decision and Coordination of Interests in Green Supply Chain of Livestock Products

Jianjun Zhang () and Min Wang
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Jianjun Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010010, China
Min Wang: School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010010, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-33

Abstract: Animal husbandry is an important industry related to the national economy and people’s livelihood, and its coordinated development can continuously enhance the quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of the livestock industry, and better meet the people’s diversified consumption demand for livestock and poultry products. In this paper, considering the government’s green subsidy to the leading enterprises in the green supply chain of livestock products, the article uses the stackelberg game method to establish the decision-making models of the green supply chain of livestock products led by the co-operatives and the slaughtering and processing enterprises, respectively, and measures the optimal greenness of the livestock products. Different from the previous optimal decision-making and coordination of interests in the case of only considering economic benefits, this paper combines economic and ecological benefits to construct a coordination mechanism of interests in the green supply chain of livestock products in line with the concept of ecological priority and green development. The conclusions showed that: (1) Under the background of considering economic and ecological benefits, the influence of greenness sensitivity factor, freshness sensitivity factor, and government subsidy factor on the decision-making of green supply chain of livestock products is not affected by the operation mode and decision-making scenario, with the increase in the three factors, the greenness, freshness, and total benefits of the green supply chain of livestock products. (2) The greenness, freshness, and total benefits of green supply chain of livestock products are higher in the operation mode led by slaughtering and processing enterprises, which is more favorable to the development of green supply chain of livestock products from the perspective of supply chain development. (3) Compared with decentralized decision-making mode, both benefit-sharing and cost-sharing contracts increase the greenness and freshness of livestock products, significantly reduce the retail price of livestock products, which improves the benefits of the co-operatives, slaughtering and processing enterprises, 3PL (third-party logistics) service providers, and retailers as well as the entire green supply chain of livestock products. Based on the research findings, this article proposes relevant management insights to better promote the coordination of interests in the green supply chain of livestock products.

Keywords: green supply chain of livestock products; optimal greenness decision; coordination contract; operation mode; stackelberg game (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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