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Green Supply Chain Management
Research Guide
What is Green Supply Chain Management?
Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) integrates environmental considerations into supply chain processes, including procurement, production, distribution, and reverse logistics to minimize ecological impact.
GSCM encompasses lifecycle assessment, supplier audits, and reverse logistics to reduce Scope 3 emissions. Key studies examine GSCM's role in firm performance, with Habib et al. (2020) showing 225 citations on green entrepreneurial orientation's impact. Over 10 recent papers from 2018-2023, cited 63-264 times, link GSCM to sustainable development.
Why It Matters
GSCM operationalizes sustainability in global networks, cutting emissions while boosting performance; Habib et al. (2020) demonstrate green supply chain practices mediate sustainable firm outcomes via entrepreneurial orientation. Novitasari and Agustia (2021, 103 citations) confirm green innovation mediates GSCM-firm performance links in listed companies. Baah and Jin (2019, 76 citations) highlight competitive advantage as intermediary in logistics sector sustainability.
Key Research Challenges
Balancing Cost-Emissions Trade-offs
Optimization models struggle with multi-objective trade-offs between costs, emissions, and resilience. Sugandini et al. (2020) note SMEs face barriers in implementing GSCM practices. Lotfi et al. (2018, 166 citations) identify green market pressures complicating decisions.
Supplier Sustainability Auditing
Auditing global suppliers for compliance raises data and verification issues. Susanto and Meiryani (2019, 64 citations) link environmental management accounting antecedents to SME performance gaps. Sapta et al. (2021) emphasize knowledge management mediation in sustainability audits.
Reverse Logistics Implementation
Reverse logistics for circularity demands infrastructure changes amid uncertain returns. Brendzel-Skowera (2021, 63 citations) analyzes circular economy models in SMEs. Nor-Aishah et al. (2020, 131 citations) stress bricolage contingency in sustainable performance.
Essential Papers
Artificial intelligence ‐ driven sustainable development: Examining organizational, technical, and processing approaches to achieving global goals
Ignat Kulkov, Julia Kulkova, René Rohrbeck et al. · 2023 · Sustainable Development · 264 citations
Abstract This study presents a comprehensive literature review using a systematic approach to explore the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting sustainable development in line with the ...
The impact of green entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and green supply chain management practices on sustainable firm performance
Md. Ahashan Habib, Yukun Bao, Aboobucker Ilmudeen · 2020 · Cogent Business & Management · 225 citations
This study attempts to examine the impact of green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) and market orientation (MO) on the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and subseque...
The Effect of Emerging Green Market on Green Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Knowledge-Based Companies
Maryam Lotfi, Akram Yousefi, Soheil Jafari · 2018 · Sustainability · 166 citations
Environmental concerns, as well as consumers’ awareness of buying green or environmentally-friendly products, has a positive impact on the emergence of the green market. The emerging green market b...
Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia: The Contingent Role of Entrepreneurial Bricolage
Hassan Nor-Aishah, Noor Hazlina Ahmad, T. Ramayah · 2020 · Sustainability · 131 citations
The purpose of this research is to delve into the effect of entrepreneurial leadership (EL) on the economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable performance; the research also focuses ...
Green supply chain management and firm performance: The mediating effect of green innovation
Maya Novitasari, Dian Agustia · 2021 · Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management · 103 citations
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess green innovation as a mediating variable in the relationship between green supply chain management and firm performance.Design/methodology/approach:...
Green supply management and green marketing strategy on green purchase intention: SMEs cases
Dyah Sugandini, Muafi Muafi, Christin Susilowati et al. · 2020 · Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management · 78 citations
Purpose: This study aims to analyze green supply chain management (GSCM) and green marketing strategies (GMS) to green purchasing intentions (GPI). This study conducts on craft SMEs in the Special ...
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Organizational Performance: The Intermediary Role of Competitive Advantage
Charles Baah, Zhihong Jin · 2019 · Journal of Management and Sustainability · 76 citations
Sustainability issues have been on the rise due to negative impacts of organizational practices on the environment. The logistics sector has been known as a major contributor in polluting and consu...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Rahman et al. (2013) on manufacturing flexibility simulations and Jamian et al. (2013) on 5S-3R for environmental performance to grasp early GSCM operational roots.
Recent Advances
Prioritize Habib et al. (2020, 225 citations) for entrepreneurial impacts and Kulkov et al. (2023, 264 citations) for AI-driven sustainability extensions.
Core Methods
Core techniques include structural equation modeling (Habib et al. 2020), mediation analysis (Novitasari and Agustia 2021), and survey-based performance assessment (Baah and Jin 2019).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Green Supply Chain Management
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find GSCM literature like Habib et al. (2020, 225 citations); citationGraph reveals connections to Novitasari and Agustia (2021); findSimilarPapers expands to SME-focused studies.
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract GSCM metrics from Habib et al. (2020), verifies claims with CoVe chain-of-verification, and runs PythonAnalysis for statistical mediation tests on firm performance data using pandas; GRADE scores evidence strength in green innovation links.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in GSCM-resilience trade-offs and flags contradictions across papers; Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for Habib et al. (2020), and latexCompile to generate reports; exportMermaid diagrams supply chain flows.
Use Cases
"Model cost-emissions trade-offs in GSCM for SMEs using data from recent papers"
Research Agent → searchPapers → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas optimization on Habib et al. 2020 data) → matplotlib emissions-cost plot output.
"Write LaTeX review on GSCM mediating firm performance"
Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexSyncCitations (Novitasari 2021) → latexCompile → PDF with optimized supply chain diagram.
"Find code for reverse logistics simulation in GSCM papers"
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → runnable Python sim from Brendzel-Skowera (2021) circular models.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic GSCM review: searchPapers 50+ papers → citationGraph → structured report with GRADE scores. DeepScan applies 7-step analysis to Habib et al. (2020) mediation models, checkpoint-verifying stats. Theorizer generates GSCM theory from Lotfi et al. (2018) green market data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Green Supply Chain Management?
GSCM integrates environmental practices into supply chain operations like procurement and reverse logistics to cut emissions.
What methods drive GSCM research?
Studies use structural equation modeling for mediation effects (Habib et al. 2020) and surveys for SME audits (Sugandini et al. 2020).
What are key papers in GSCM?
Habib et al. (2020, 225 citations) links GEO to GSCM performance; Novitasari and Agustia (2021, 103 citations) shows green innovation mediation.
What open problems exist in GSCM?
Challenges include scalable supplier audits and resilient reverse logistics under uncertainty (Brendzel-Skowera 2021; Susanto and Meiryani 2019).
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