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Investigating the Influential Factors of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Using Two Asian Countries as Examples
Author(s) -
Kuo Tsai Chi,
Chen Gary YuHsin,
Hsiao YuLin,
Dang Hanh T.H.,
Chiu MingChuan,
Hsu ChiaWei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1099-1719
pISSN - 0968-0802
DOI - 10.1002/sd.1678
Subject(s) - sustainability , business , argument (complex analysis) , sustainable development , supply chain , process management , environmental resource management , marketing , political science , economics , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , law
Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is increasingly followed by academia and industry. Although some companies have shown their success in implementing SSCM practices, many are still hesitant – that is, certain challenges to SSCM operation still exist. The focus of this study was to identify the influential factors of SSCM practices from both the conceptual and practical perspectives. A verified SSCM questionnaire was conducted to investigate the differences of the influential factors between Taiwan and Vietnam, and to explore the regional phenomenon of SSCM implementation. The result could be used to support the argument of related literature that pressure, strategy, uncertainty, internal management and external management could be the influential factors of the success/failure of the SSCM adoption. Local practices of sustainability in Taiwan and Vietnam were addressed and discussed in this study. Future study might survey other Asian countries to examine the international difference. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment