Does Greening of Supply Chain, Corporate Sustainability and Efficiency of Social and Economic Corporate Strategies Matter for Corporate Financial Performance?

The main purpose of the study is to examine the impact of greening of supply chain, corporate sustainability and efficiency of social and economic corporate strategies on the corporate financial performance of Thai manufacturing firms. Firstly, the study has examined the direct impact of the social and economic efficiency strategies on the corporate financial performance, secondly, the mediating role of corporate social performance, corporate environmental performance and the green supply chain in the relationship between corporate efficacy strategies and the corporate financial performance is examined. The study has surveyed the 435 Thai mangers and used the SEM-PLS to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicate the fact that the company incorporates environmental and social issues voluntarily in its business operations. Therefore, it is difficult to adopt sustainable business strategies. Sustainable strategies implementation is different in the organization in contrast to other business strategies. There is a clear relation between the profit and products for achieve operational goals. The focus in sustainability is to achieve financial, environmental, and social performance respectively. Managers are supported with the achievement of environmental, social and financial goals altogether

Examining the Mediating Role Supply Chain Identity Salience in the Relationship between Its Antecedents and Supply Chain Social Capital: A Case of Thai Manufacturing Firms

The main reason behind carrying out the current study is to examine the mediating role supply chain identity salience in the relationship between its antecedents and supply chain social capital. In this study a new paradigm is presented by supply chain management (SCM) where a systems approach is adopted by firms to manage the supply chain not as a set of fragments but as s single entity, having a sole purpose of synchronizing and adjusting the supply chain activities of partnering firms to develop greater customer value as compared to other supply chain. It is proposed in this study that successful functioning of managed supply chain only takes place when supply chain partners that are involved in crucial relationships actively share a feeling of identity or belonging with the supply chain. Such strong sense of identity plays an essential role in a context of the managed supply chain, as the supply chain management majorly depends upon the cooperation of resultant voluntary independent organizations and social processes and not on the financial or legal ownership. The study has used the SEM-PLS to achieve the objectives of the current study. The study is carried out on the sample of manufacturing firms operating in Thailand. This study presents a detailed view of social processes with respect to SCM context, with the purpose of indicating the contributory role played by supply chain identity salience in the social capital formation

Witnessing Economic Growth in Kazakhstan through Sustainability and Manufacturing Performance: Mediating Role of Supply Chain Performance

At the present time, a number of organizations consider the implementation of sustainable activities as not just a competitive gain however as well as a requirement for enduring existence. Thus, it is vital that the researcher comprise the factor of sustainability in assessing the performance of the supply chain of an organization. But very little investigations have examined the influence of sustainability and manufacturing on economic growth, with the mediating impact of supply chain performance. The existing article demonstrates a unique methodology for assessing the performance of the supply, which could be utilized by Kazakh manufacturing companies. Relied on the past studies and on the opinions of the experts, the researcher recognized the functions of the supply chain which impact the supply chain, sustainability and manufacturing performance, and the economic growth. In this study, the scholar of this study designed a survey-based questionnaire and surveyed the experts of the manufacturing organizations. Total of 267 participants filled out the survey. The results of this study show that all the research hypotheses of the study are accepted.

Absorptive Capacity in Supply Chains: Does Responsive Strategy of a Firm Matter?

The main purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of absorptive capacity on supply chains. In addition to that, the study has examined the mediating role of responsive strategy in the relationship between absorptive capacity in supply chain and performance. This research is based on the analysis of absorptive capacity to be an organizational value making a firm able to gather, use, and implement the information from outside. The study demonstrates the association between absorptive capacity and responsive strategy. It has been analyzed the way in which absorptive capacity has been developed by firms through examination of curvilinear impact of responsive strategy. the study is among the pioneering studies on the issues. So, current study has used SEM-PLS as statistical tool to answer the research questions raised in this study and research objectives envisaged in the current study. The findings of the current study have provided support to with the hypothesized results. This study will be helpful for policymakers and researchers in examining the link absorptive capacity on supply chains, responsive strategy and performance