Bolstering green supply chain integration via big data analytics capability: the moderating role of data-driven decision culture
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN: 0263-5577
Article publication date: 30 August 2022
Issue publication date: 8 November 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Based on organizational information processing theory, this research explores how big data analytics capability (BDAC) contributes to green supply chain integration (GSCI) and the contingency role that data-driven decision culture plays.
Design/methodology/approach
Using the two-wave survey data collected from 317 Chinese manufacturing firms, the authors validate the hypotheses.
Findings
The results show that big data managerial capability has positive impacts on three dimensions of GSCI, while big data technical capability has positive impacts on green internal and customer integration. Moreover, green internal integration mediates the impacts of big data technical capability and managerial capability on green supplier and customer integration. Finally, data-driven decision culture alleviates the positive impacts of big data technical and managerial capability on green internal integration.
Practical implications
The findings suggest that firms can leverage big data technical and managerial capability to enhance information processing capability for achieving a higher degree of GSCI. Further, the critical role of data-driven decision culture in affecting the link between BDAC and GSCI should not be overlooked.
Originality/value
This research contributes to literature on green supply chain management by revealing the role of BDAC in improving GSCI.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to sincerely thank the editor and anonymous reviewer for their insightful and constructive comments. This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (72172040 and 72192834), Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province (tsqn201909154), and Science and Technology Program for Innovation of Shandong Universities (2020RWG003).
Citation
Liu, Y., Fang, W., Feng, T. and Gao, N. (2022), "Bolstering green supply chain integration via big data analytics capability: the moderating role of data-driven decision culture", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122 No. 11, pp. 2558-2582. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-11-2021-0696
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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