Fostering Low-Carbon Production and Logistics Systems: Framework and Empirical Evidence

Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour (), C.J. Chiappetta Jabbour, J. Sarkis, H. Latan, D. Roubaud, Moacir Godinho Filho and M. Queiroz
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Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Moacir Godinho Filho: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: This work proposes and empirically tests a new framework for evaluating the relationship between stakeholder pressures, the adoption of low-carbon operations practices and firms' carbon performance. It seeks to expand upon stakeholder theory and the natural-resource-based view (NRBV) to understand further the role of operations management in a low-carbon environment. Our theoretical hypotheses were tested through the Partial Least Squares method with bias-corrected and accelerated (BCA) bootstrap confidence intervals. The key findings encapsulate a mixture of expected and unexpected research results: (i) stakeholder pressures influence both barriers and motivators for decarbonising operations management practices; (ii) a variety of barriers and motivators significantly affect the adoption of low-carbon operations management practices; (iii) developing positive relationships with stakeholders is important to overcome barriers from the external environment and enhance organisational competitiveness; (iv) low-carbon operations management has an overall effect on firms' carbon performance; However, unexpectedly: (v) firms seem to face difficulties in understanding stakeholder pressures when developing low-carbon products and logistics, due to a lack of awareness of the sources of barriers to the adoption of low-carbon management practices; (vi) in terms of stakeholders, competitors tend to exert significant pressure towards the adoption of low-carbon operations, while government does not; (vii) more research is necessary to better understand the apparent weak link between low-carbon logistics and firms' low-carbon performance. \textcopyright 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords: Bootstrap confidence interval; Carbon; Competition; Environmental management; External environments; green supply chain management; Least squares approximations; logistics; Low carbon logistics; low-carbon economy; low-carbon operations management; Operations management; Operations management practices; Partial least-squares method; Resource-based view; Stakeholder pressures; Statistical methods; sustainable manufacturing; Sustainable operations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2021, 59 (23), pp.7106--7125. ⟨10.1080/00207543.2020.1834639⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1834639

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