Author(s)

Lu Liu

School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Based on high-order theory and green supply chain management theory, this paper takes 251 manufacturing enterprises in China, the United States and Vietnam as samples to study the impact of corporate Top Management Characteristic on green supply chain management, and green supply chain management and enterprises, and then introduces competition intensity to explore whether it plays a moderating role in the relationship between GSCM and firm performance. The results show that the age, education level and tenure of executives significantly positively affect green supply chain management practices; green supply chain management practices have a positive impact on corporate environmental performance; while green supply chain management practices cannot directly improve economic performance. However, it can promote economic performance by improving environmental performance; competition intensity plays a positive role in the relationship between green supply chain management practices and economic performance.

Top Management Characteristic, Green Supply Chain Management, Firm Performance, Competition Intensity

Liu, L. (2019) Top Management Characteristics, Green Supply Chain Management and Corporate Performance
—Moderating Effects of Competition Intensity. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 7, 55-71. doi: 10.4236/jhrss.2019.71005.