scholarly journals Leveraging core capabilities and environmental dynamism for food traceability and firm performance in a food supply chain: A moderated mediation model

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1820-1837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mo-xi SONG ◽  
Xin YANG Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Environmental Dynamism ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Traceability ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Core Capabilities

scholarly journals The Relationship between Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Firm Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model of Strategic Similarity and Organization Slack

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Thac Dang ◽  
Ninh Nguyen ◽  
Xiangzhi Bu ◽  
Jianming Wang
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Slack ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Corporate Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Relationship

There has been growing interest among business managers and academics in corporate environmental responsibility (CER), which represents a company’s focus on its long-term sustainability and society. Past research, however, has reported inconsistent and mixed results with regard to the link between CER and firm performance. This study, therefore, proposes and validates a moderated mediation model of strategic similarity and organizational slack to better explain the relationship between CER and firm performance. Data were obtained from 260 listed firms in China from 2015 to 2017, resulting in 780 firm-year observations. Multivariate data analysis indicates that strategic similarity mediates the relationship between CER and firm performance. Furthermore, organizational slack moderates the relationship between CER and strategic similarity and the indirect effect of CER on firm performance through strategic similarity. The findings of this study provide insights for business managers attempting to understand and enhance the quality of their decision making regarding CER. Importantly, business managers should engage in CER activity and pursue strategic similarity to deal with pressure from stakeholders while following the competitive speed of competitors in the marketplace.

scholarly journals A Content-Analysis Based Literature Review in Blockchain Adoption within Food Supply Chain

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Duan ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Yu Gong ◽  
Steve Brown ◽  
Zhi Li
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
World Health ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Food Traceability ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Health Organization

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one out of 10 people get sick from eating contaminated food. Complex food production process and globalization make food supply chain more delicate. Many technologies have been investigated in recent years to address food insecurity and achieve efficiency in dealing with food recalls. One of the most promising technologies is Blockchain, which has already been used successfully in financial aspects, such as bitcoin, and it is attracting interests from food supply chain organizations. As blockchain has characteristics, such as decentralization, security, immutability, smart contract, it is therefore expected to improve sustainable food supply chain management and food traceability. This paper applies a content-analysis based literature review in blockchain adoption within food supply chain. We propose four benefits. Blockchain can help to improve food traceability, information transparency, and recall efficiency; it can also be combined with Internet of things (IoT) to achieve better efficiency. We also propose five potential challenges, including lack of deeper understanding of blockchain, technology difficulties, raw data manipulation, difficulties of getting all stakeholders on board, and the deficiency of regulations.

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