Moderating the Role of Firm Size in Sustainable Performance Improvement through Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. SSCM Development
2.2. SSCM Practice and Sustainable Performance
2.3. Firm Size and Sustainable Performance
2.4. Moderating the Effect of Firm Size
3. Method
3.1. Survey Questionnaire and Measures
3.2. Data
3.3. Exploratory Factor Analysis
4. Analysis and Results
5. Discussion and Prospects
5.1. SSCM Practices and Sustainable Performance
5.2. Moderating Effect of Firm Size
5.3. Managerial Implications
5.4. Research Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Firm Size | Small | Mid | Large |
---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | 45 (25) | 64 (36) | 69 (39) |
SSCM | F1 | F2 |
---|---|---|
Salary and compensation system | 0.812 | 0.314 |
Information technology management | 0.762 | 0.530 |
Employee participation | 0.747 | 0.531 |
Total quality management | 0.742 | 0.113 |
Innovation ability | 0.715 | 0.278 |
Ecological design | 0.701 | 0.491 |
Sustainable development strategy | 0.663 | 0.591 |
Share information with suppliers and distributors | 0.246 | 0.894 |
External supervision mechanism | 0.281 | 0.891 |
Supplier environmentally assessment | 0.308 | 0.876 |
Product recovery | 0.361 | 0.830 |
Green purchase | 0.569 | 0.648 |
Product traceability | 0.585 | 0.616 |
Eigenvalue | 7.161 | 5.930 |
Cumulative variance | 42.122 | 77.002 |
Variables | Mean | S.D. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.Internal SSCM practices | 18.90 | 5.08 | 0.728 | ||||
2.External SSCM practices | 18.66 | 7.38 | 0.102 | 0.751 | |||
3.Economic performance | 16.08 | 3.40 | 0.347 | −0.311 | 0.409 | ||
4.Environmental performance | 16.00 | 3.46 | 0.215 | 0.259 | 0.308 | 0.419 | |
5.Social performance | 16.40 | 3.38 | 0.221 | 0.310 | 0.318 | 0.212 | 0.413 |
Variable | Economic Performance | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
Firm age | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | −0.09 |
Industry type | −0.07 | −0.06 | −0.05 | −0.06 | −0.04 | −0.05 |
Internal SSCM practices | −0.11 * | −0.10 | −0.08 | −0.10 | −0.04 | |
External SSCM practices | 0.19 ** | 0.14 * | 0.15 * | 0.17 ** | 0.17 ** | |
Firm size | 0.22 *** | 0.19 ** | 0.17 ** | 0.18 ** | ||
Internal SSCM practices * Small enterprises | −0.09 | |||||
External SSCM practices * Small enterprises | 0.14 * | |||||
Internal SSCM practices * Mid-sized enterprises | −0.06 | |||||
External SSCM practices * Mid-sized enterprises | 0.15 ** | |||||
Internal SSCM practices * Large enterprises | −0.13 * | |||||
External SSCM practices * Large enterprises | 0.16 ** | |||||
R2 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.37 |
ΔR2 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.36 |
F | 1.06 | 11.60 *** | 12.84 *** | 13.78 *** | 14.14 *** | 12.60 *** |
ΔF | 1.06 | 10.54 | 11.78 | 12.72 | 13.08 | 11.54 |
Variable | Environmental Performance | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
Firm age | −0.12 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.02 |
Industry type | 0.07 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.02 |
Internal SSCM Practices | 0.41 ** | 0.32 ** | 0.20 ** | 0.43 ** | 0.61 *** | |
External SSCM Practices | 0.89 *** | 0.91 *** | 1.07 *** | 0.85 *** | 0.87 *** | |
Firm size | 0.11 ** | 0.10 ** | 0.12 ** | 0.13 ** | ||
Internal SSCM Practices *Small enterprises | 0.24 ** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Small enterprises | 0.29 ** | |||||
Internal SSCM Practices *Mid-sized enterprises | 0.39 ** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Mid-sized enterprises | 0.49 ** | |||||
Internal SSCM Practices *Large enterprises | 0.76 *** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Large enterprises | 0.63 *** | |||||
R2 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.89 |
ΔR2 | 0.05 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.84 |
F | 2.30 | 10.78 *** | 10.81 *** | 14.96 *** | 16.03 *** | 17.37 *** |
ΔF | 2.30 | 8.48 | 8.51 | 12.66 | 13.73 | 15.07 |
Variable | Social Performance | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
Firm age | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Industry type | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.03 | −0.02 | −0.03 | −0.02 |
Internal SSCM Practices | 0.48 *** | 0.43 *** | 0.65 *** | 0.28 *** | 0.35 *** | |
External SSCM Practices | 0.47 *** | 0.48 *** | 0.25 *** | 0.56 *** | 0.61 *** | |
Firm size | 0.11 ** | 0.10 ** | 0.14 *** | 0.19 *** | ||
Internal SSCM Practices *Small enterprises | 0.41 ** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Small enterprises | 0.31 ** | |||||
Internal SSCM Practices *Mid-sized enterprises | 0.43 ** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Mid-sized enterprises | 0.41 ** | |||||
Internal SSCM Practices *Large enterprises | 0.66 *** | |||||
External SSCM Practices *Large enterprises | 0.91 *** | |||||
R2 | 0.07 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
ΔR2 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.79 |
F | 4.54 | 10.90 *** | 11.34 *** | 15.29 *** | 15.81 *** | 18.22 *** |
ΔF | 4.54 | 6.36 | 6.80 | 10.84 | 11.27 | 13.68 |
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Wang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Goh, M. Moderating the Role of Firm Size in Sustainable Performance Improvement through Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051654
Wang J, Zhang Y, Goh M. Moderating the Role of Firm Size in Sustainable Performance Improvement through Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Sustainability. 2018; 10(5):1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051654
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Jing, Yuchen Zhang, and Mark Goh. 2018. "Moderating the Role of Firm Size in Sustainable Performance Improvement through Sustainable Supply Chain Management" Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051654
APA StyleWang, J., Zhang, Y., & Goh, M. (2018). Moderating the Role of Firm Size in Sustainable Performance Improvement through Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Sustainability, 10(5), 1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051654