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How Environmental Knowledge of Managers Plays a Critical Role in Implementing Green Supply Chain Management

In: Operational Research in Business and Economics

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  • Ioannis E. Nikolaou

    (Democritus University of Thrace)

  • Anastasios Zervas

    (Democritus University of Thrace)

Abstract

This paper aims to examine how environmental information affects the decisions of managers/owners to incorporate environmental concerns into their supply chain management. A research framework is constructed through a literature review. This is based on certain research hypotheses which are particularly related to the knowledge of managers about environmental impacts of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), and of the barriers and opportunities faced by SMEs when implementing certain practices to green their supply chain management. The findings show that knowledge and environmental information plays a critical role in managers’ decisions to adopt environmental practices across supply chain management, while the economic crisis seems to negatively affect their intention to implement any environmental practice.

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  • Ioannis E. Nikolaou & Anastasios Zervas, 2017. "How Environmental Knowledge of Managers Plays a Critical Role in Implementing Green Supply Chain Management," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Evangelos Grigoroudis & Michael Doumpos (ed.), Operational Research in Business and Economics, pages 17-33, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-33003-7_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33003-7_2
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