The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains

Chao Min Liu; Diego A. Vazquez-Brust; Joseph Sarkis

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3_4

The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains

Chao Min Liu, Diego A. Vazquez-Brust^*, Joseph Sarkis

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HUMLOG - The Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute, Helsinki

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Abstract

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) requires coordinated action across firms from different countries. The chapter uses a case study of a Taiwanese SME supplying automotive parts to a large French car-maker to analyze to what extent and why final customers’ GSCM are integrated in their first tier suppliers (the case study company) and second tier suppliers (SME suppliers of the case study company). It is found that there are no formal collaboration mechanisms between firms in this supply chain. The SMEs are mainly reactive approaches in response to various pressures. Greening drive decreases in less environmentally regulated markets where final customers are not environmentally sensitive. Shared values act as incentive to exchange information and develop mentorship relations between customers and first-tier suppliers. These relations provided the blue-print for similar mentorship relationship between first-tier and second tier suppliers. First tier supplier teach second-tier supplier how to satisfy customers’ requirement but such collaboration depends on two factors: (a) the extent of environmental awareness of second tier suppliers have and (b) the supply chain complexity and weight of first and second tier sales to European Markets.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation : A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
Editors	Diego A. Vazquez-Brust, Joseph Sarkis, James J. Cordeiro
Number of pages	23
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publication date	18.10.2013
Pages	63-85
ISBN (Print)	9789400776326
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400776333
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3_4
Publication status	Published - 18.10.2013
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS)
Volume	3

Keywords

Automotive industry
Global supply chain
Green supply chain management
SME
Taiwan
512 Business and Management
Green supply chain management
Taiwan
SME
Automotive industry
Global supply chain

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Liu, C. M., Vazquez-Brust, D. A., & Sarkis, J. (2013). The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains. In D. A. Vazquez-Brust, J. Sarkis, & J. J. Cordeiro (Eds.), Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective (pp. 63-85). ( Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS); Vol. 3). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3_4

Liu, Chao Min ; Vazquez-Brust, Diego A. ; Sarkis, Joseph. / The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains. Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. editor / Diego A. Vazquez-Brust ; Joseph Sarkis ; James J. Cordeiro. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2013. pp. 63-85 ( Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS)).

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Liu, CM, Vazquez-Brust, DA & Sarkis, J 2013, The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains. in DA Vazquez-Brust, J Sarkis & JJ Cordeiro (eds), Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS), vol. 3, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 63-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3_4

The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains. / Liu, Chao Min; Vazquez-Brust, Diego A.; Sarkis, Joseph.
Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. ed. / Diego A. Vazquez-Brust; Joseph Sarkis; James J. Cordeiro. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013. p. 63-85 ( Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS); Vol. 3).

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Liu CM, Vazquez-Brust DA, Sarkis J. The Roles of First and Second Tier Suppliers in Greening International Supply Chains. In Vazquez-Brust DA, Sarkis J, Cordeiro JJ, editors, Collaboration for Sustainability and Innovation: A Role for Sustainability Driven by the Global South?: A Cross-Border, Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 2013. p. 63-85. ( Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS)). doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7633-3_4

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