We explore how environmental and social performance of manufacturing firms can be improved as sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) develops and evolves within a firm from internal to external practices. Importantly, this study considers how key suppliers’ sustainability performance and buyer–supplier trust mediate and moderate such a development. A conceptual framework is developed which relies on resource-based theories and emerging empirical evidence. Then, partial least square methodology is applied on survey data from a sample of Italian manufacturing firms. Results show that manufacturing firms’ sustainability performance improves as SSCM develops; however, while internal practices have a direct impact on performance, the effect of external practices on a manufacturing firm’s sustainability performance is fully mediated by key suppliers’ sustainability performance. Yet, buyer–supplier trust significantly influences the scope of such gains. Since evidence suggests that manufacturing firms are still struggling with how to leverage sup- ply chain innovation potential for sustainable development, this study provides a timely and valuable contribution.

(2016). Developing environmental and social performance: the role of suppliers’ sustainability and buyer–supplier trust [journal article - articolo]. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/56404

Developing environmental and social performance: the role of suppliers’ sustainability and buyer–supplier trust

Gualandris, Jury;Kalchschmidt, Matteo Giacomo Maria
2016-01-01

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We explore how environmental and social performance of manufacturing firms can be improved as sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) develops and evolves within a firm from internal to external practices. Importantly, this study considers how key suppliers’ sustainability performance and buyer–supplier trust mediate and moderate such a development. A conceptual framework is developed which relies on resource-based theories and emerging empirical evidence. Then, partial least square methodology is applied on survey data from a sample of Italian manufacturing firms. Results show that manufacturing firms’ sustainability performance improves as SSCM develops; however, while internal practices have a direct impact on performance, the effect of external practices on a manufacturing firm’s sustainability performance is fully mediated by key suppliers’ sustainability performance. Yet, buyer–supplier trust significantly influences the scope of such gains. Since evidence suggests that manufacturing firms are still struggling with how to leverage sup- ply chain innovation potential for sustainable development, this study provides a timely and valuable contribution.
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Gualandris, Jury; Kalchschmidt, Matteo Giacomo Maria
(2016). Developing environmental and social performance: the role of suppliers’ sustainability and buyer–supplier trust [journal article - articolo]. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/56404
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Descrizione: This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Journal of Production Research, Jury Gualandris & Matteo Kalchschmidt (2016) Developing environmental and social performance: the role of suppliers’ sustainability and buyer–supplier trust, 54:8, 2470-2486, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1106018. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way
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