The Performance Study for Firms in the Green Supply Chain: Evidence from the Information Technology Industry in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chan, Shu-Ching, 詹淑清
• Other Authors: Fang, Wenchang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86287536707223746770

博士 === 國立臺北大學 === 企業管理學系 === 94 === Environmental protection directives developed by European Union have greatly influenced the information technology industry. However, previous researches have not found a clear relationship between environmental management and firms’ economic performance. This research studies this relationship and analyzes in the three dimensions: the greening of suppliers, the levels of environmental management, and the environmental management strategy. Originally, 1,564 questionnaires were sent out. The results are based on 294 valid returned samples (22.76%). First, based on the consequence of hierarchical moderated regression analysis, this research indicates that the greening the suppliers’ activities has no bearing on their economic performance. However, if the producers’ capabilities in risk management, information management, or R&D are better than those of their competitors, then the performance brought by the greening the suppliers are also better than those of their competitors. A further statistical analysis generates a four level environmental management structure: 1. Environmental protection policies in the production process and education: the first has been enacted by regulations and enforced with monetary punishments in Taiwan. Producers execute environmental policies to prevent fines, and to reduce the cost of neighbors’ protests. Preventing pollution helps reduce the producers’ end-of-pipe pollution cost. Consequently, producers with environmentally superior production processes and education enjoy a better economic performance than those of their competitors. 2. Energy saving and Eco-design, and the 3. Managing the suppliers are relatively two new levels of environmental management. They test the producers’ environmental adaptability. If the producers comply with both levels, they incur in an extra larger business cost. Therefore, their profits suffer. 4. Ecosystem friendly: the results indicate that producers adopting a leading position in environmental protection’s activities, thus fully living in an eco-friendly community, also enjoy a better economic performance. These empirical results show：(1)Although the implementation of environmental management will increase the business cost, those firms with advanced environmental management activities can gain competitive advantages. (2)There are two kinds of producers who can gain advantages from environmental management. One is the producer who can implement a top environmental policy. Another one is the producer with key capabilities that allow them to adapt to environmental regulations.