Developing sustainability in global manufacturing networks: The role of site competence on sustainability performance

Ruggero Golini, Annachiara Longoni and Raffaella Cagliano

International Journal of Production Economics, 2014, vol. 147, issue PB, 448-459

Abstract: Environmental and social sustainability are becoming sources of competitive advantage for multinational companies. Consequently, they need to understand how to manage their global manufacturing networks to enhance both environmental and social performance. Results from an international survey show that site competence—that is, having competences in operations beyond the production activities—is an antecedent of the adoption of environmental and social sustainability programs and, in turn, of higher performance improvement. Moreover, site competence provides also a direct contribution to performance achievement especially to pursue social sustainability.

Keywords: Global manufacturing networks; Environmental and social sustainability; Site competence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.06.010

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