The investigation on the barriers of green supply chain adoptions among SMEs in Penang: the role of business strategic orientation as moderator

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dc.contributor.authorGoh, Chee Wooi
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T06:53:25Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T06:53:25Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractWith the rapid growth and development of the industries, global warming and depletion of natural resources have become a concern for the society, government and the industry. Because of that, green topic has become an important issue. Although Penang government has put heavy resources and efforts to promote and encourage green initiatives, green supply chain has not been widely adopted by the industries in Penang especially SMEs. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate barriers that hinder SMEs in Penang from adopting green supply chain initiatives. In addition, it also investigates the moderating effect of business strategic orientation on the relationship between the barriers and green supply chain initiatives. To attain its’ objectives, questionnaire approach is adopted in this study and a sample of 92 respondents is collected through questionnaire method. SPSS statistical tool is used to test the descriptive and regression statistics. The result shows that the adoption of green supply chain initiatives by the SMEs in Penang is low. The reasons of low adoption of green supply chain initiative (green purchasing) are resource barrier and attitudinal and perception barrier. Technical barrier proves to be the factor that impedes the adoption of design for environment by the SMEs in Penang. However, the study found no convincing evidence to support the moderating effect of business strategic orientation on the relationship between the barriers and green supply chain initiatives. With the results and findings in this study, government and industry would have a better understanding of the barriers that faced by the SMEs. That allows government as well as big corporation to take corrective actions to drive and promote green supply chain initiatives across the entire supply chain.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/21
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Administrationen_US
dc.subjectSupply Chainen_US
dc.subjectSMEsen_US
dc.titleThe investigation on the barriers of green supply chain adoptions among SMEs in Penang: the role of business strategic orientation as moderatoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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