Managing a Green Supply Chain: Role of Communication, Collaboration, Learning and Trust

Reprint of ‘‘Green Supply Chain Collaboration implementation in China: The mediating role of guanxi’’

This study aims to understand how buyer–seller relationship, competitive environment and guanxi affect Chinese manufacturers’ decision to implement Green Supply Chain Collaboration (GSCC). We also examine whether guanxi is able to mediate the buyer–seller relationship and GSCC implementation. Data collected from 222 Chinese manufacturing organizations were analyzed using the partial least squar...

Secure Supply-Chain Collaboration

CERIAS and Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 656 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2086, USA Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 100 S. Grant St., West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2076, USA CERIAS and Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 250 N. University St., West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2066, USA Krannert School of Management, Purdue Univer...

Supply Chain Collaboration

Managing Supply Chain Disruptions

Given the substantive negative financial, marketing, and operationsrelated consequences of supply chain disruptions, it is not surprising that most organizations are expending significant efforts to develop effective disruption management strategies. Further, the focus on lowcost (and lean) supply chains to control costs has also resulted in magnifying the impact of even a small disruption at a...

The Strategic Role of Human Collaboration in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain performance is often equated with acquiring the best technology or process. However, current studies suggest that supply chain performance also requires human collaboration. To change conventional thinking, this paper proposes a holistic approach to supply chain management (SCM), clarifies the forces that facilitate human collaboration, and identifies the steps management can take ...