The Effect of Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Competitive Advantage on Financial Performance

Sustainable development requires companies to take into account both the social and environmental consequences within their activities. Interestingly, the critical relationships among the three green supply chain management practices as well as competitive advantage and financial performance have been considered in one model. The results showed that there were significant effects of the suppliers' partnerships and the lean manufacturing on the financial performance that have been strengthened through the moderation of the competitive advantage. This finding enables production managers to significantly enhance the profitability of companies without harm environmental aspects which represents a crucial contribution of this research. However, it showed nether direct nor indirect significant effect of the customers' expectations on the financial performance that is moderated by the competitive advantage.