TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance outcomes of supply chain practices for sustainable development
T2 - A meta-analysis of moderators
AU - Qorri, Ardian
AU - Gashi, Saranda
AU - Kraslawski, Andrzej
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for the constructive and insightful suggestions provided to improve earlier versions of this paper. The authors are grateful for the financial support from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices have received growing attention but their consequences on firm performance yielded mixed outcomes. This study aims to synthesize quantitative research and to analyze potential moderators on the link between SSCM practices and firm performance. This study draws upon resource-based view of the firm with the extensions of natural resource-based view and relational view to underpin study hypotheses. The analysis is based on data collected from 145 independent samples composed of 33,886 firms. The research hypotheses are tested using meta-analytical procedures. The results show that SSCM practices are significantly and positively correlated with firm's social, operational, economic, and environmental performance dimensions. Additional findings from moderator analysis provide nuanced views of SSCM practices-performance link. This paper contributes to the literature by underlining the relevance of SSCM, identifying and classifying SSCM practices into a coherent framework. The research findings help policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders to better understand benefits from the adoption of SSCM practices. Additionally, to the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study that meta-analytically combined existing empirical evidence of the social supply practices on various types of firm's sustainability performance.
AB - Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices have received growing attention but their consequences on firm performance yielded mixed outcomes. This study aims to synthesize quantitative research and to analyze potential moderators on the link between SSCM practices and firm performance. This study draws upon resource-based view of the firm with the extensions of natural resource-based view and relational view to underpin study hypotheses. The analysis is based on data collected from 145 independent samples composed of 33,886 firms. The research hypotheses are tested using meta-analytical procedures. The results show that SSCM practices are significantly and positively correlated with firm's social, operational, economic, and environmental performance dimensions. Additional findings from moderator analysis provide nuanced views of SSCM practices-performance link. This paper contributes to the literature by underlining the relevance of SSCM, identifying and classifying SSCM practices into a coherent framework. The research findings help policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders to better understand benefits from the adoption of SSCM practices. Additionally, to the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study that meta-analytically combined existing empirical evidence of the social supply practices on various types of firm's sustainability performance.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - environmental sustainability
KW - firm performance
KW - meta-analysis
KW - SSCM practices
KW - supply chain management
KW - sustainable development
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U2 - 10.1002/sd.2140
DO - 10.1002/sd.2140
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092085781
SN - 0968-0802
VL - 29
SP - 194
EP - 216
JO - Sustainable development
JF - Sustainable development
IS - 1
ER -