... governance that is essential for both business and sustainability performance. Design/methodology/approach This study builds on a survey of 274 SMEs in Finland. Findings The findings indicate that PMM does not directly contribute to SMEs’ business or sustainability performance. Supply chain...

...Fu Jia; Ying Xu; Lujie Chen; Kiran Fernandes Purpose Despite the increasing interest in the role of supply chain concentration (SCC) in improving performance, its influence on firms' sustainability performance remains unexplored, as do the underlying mechanisms of this relationship. Drawing...

...Yang Yang; Yan Jiang; Haojia Chen; Zhiduan Xu Purpose Despite the growing interest in the role of relation-specific investments (RSIs) in superior firm performance, their impact on sustainability performance remains unexplored, as do the underlying mechanisms of such effects. Drawing...

... to test the effect of PRAC on the relationship between buyer-supplier information sharing and performance. Findings The results show that increasing buyer-supplier information sharing is sufficient to obtain a positive impact on operational performance. To improve purchasing sustainability performance...

...Muhammad Usman Ahmed; Asad Shafiq Purpose As large multinational firms are increasingly tasked with developing sustainable supply chains, their role in improving the sustainability performance of their suppliers is critical. This paper examines the dual role of a buyer firm, as a customer...

... into account as the basis for assessing manufacturing performance, which is called sustainability performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of sustainable manufacturing practices with sustainability performance, which considers the environmental, economic and social aspects...