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Sustainable supply chain management as a practice of green innovation - from literature review to conceptualisation

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  • Stuart So
  • Henry Xu

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The challenge of building a sustainable supply chain with an acceptable low carbon emission requires extensive research and remarkable innovation. Based on a comprehensive literature review, a conceptual model is developed to explain the adoption of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) as a practice of green innovation. The aim of this work is to strengthen organisation's commitment to using this emerging practice in the future. A total of 66 articles are identified and assessed and the results show that previous studies lack the consideration of human factors and theoretical basis. Using the innovation diffusion theory as a theoretical lens, this paper demonstrates the concepts in real world applications with four relevant mini-cases. It shows that firms with positive organisational behaviour underpinned by pro-environmental technology and management systems can systematically adopt SSCM where ongoing commitment to this new practice is influenced by its regularisation in operations.

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  • Stuart So & Henry Xu, 2016. "Sustainable supply chain management as a practice of green innovation - from literature review to conceptualisation," International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(2/3), pages 341-362.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:10:y:2016:i:2/3:p:341-362
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