TITLE:
An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Green Supplier Development and Firm Performance
AUTHORS:
Yongmei Xu, Qi Peng
KEYWORDS:
Green Supplier Development, Supplier Partnership, Firm Performance
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.8 No.4,
April
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: Suppliers
have important influence to the enterprise in terms of product and service
cost, quality and delivery. Enterprises need to implement supplier development
to improve suppliers’ supply capabilities, and promote partnership with
suppliers, so as to achieve the improvement of business efficiency. This paper
defines green supplier development, divides them into direct green supplier
development and indirect green supplier development, and puts forward the
research hypothesis of the relationship between green supplier development and
supplier relationship and firm performance. Then, using the method of
questionnaire survey to collect data, according to the statistical analysis of
the 259 questionnaires, the results show that the first, direct green supplier
development has positive influence on the economic performance and environmental performance,
but the influence of indirect green supplier development on the economic
performance of enterprises is not significant. Second, supplier partnership
plays a role in the influence of green supplier development on the economic
performance and environmental performance.