Strategic supply chain partnership, environmental supply chain management practices, and performance outcomes: an empirical study of Korean firms

Increasingly, firms have recognized the significance of environmental issues in gaining competitive advantage. Many firms have searched for mechanisms that integrate environmental supply chain practices and performance objectives. This paper explores how strategic supply chain partnership (SSCP) contributes to environmental supply chain management (ESCM). This study presents a research model that defines the details of SSCP and ESCM. Based on the responses of 141 Korean manufacturing firms, the research model is empirically tested through a structural equation model. To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the first empirical test conducted on the integration of SSCP and ESCM as a way of examining how these two critical sets of practices are implemented in the context of Korean firms. Managerial implications and future research opportunities are provided. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.