Miklós Pakurár

Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen,

Debrecen, Hungary 

pakurar.miklos@econ.unideb.hu

The impact of green practices, cooperation and innovation on the performance of supply chains using statistical method of meta-analysis

Muhammad Asif Khan

Department of Commerce, Faculty of Management Sciences,

University of Kotli,

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

khanasif82@hotmail.com (corresponding author)

Attila Benedek

Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen,

Debrecen, Hungary

Judit Oláh

Institute of Applied Informatics and Logistics,

Faculty of Economics and Business, 

University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary;

TRADE Research Entity, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, North-West University, South Africa

olah.judit@econ.unideb.hu 

Abstract. Businesses have to change their traditional methods to reduce the unfavourable processes of climate change and at the same time, sustainable business performance is also a basic requirement. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between green practices, cooperation and innovation on the performance of supply chains. Meta-analysis of 35 publications was conducted to explore the relationship between the factors. We found a strong relationship between green practices and performance, and a moderate association between cooperation and performance and between innovation and performance, and these SCM factors are interrelated. For supply chain management, the use of green supply chain practice is strongly recommended, as this factor has best increased performance. For further research, we suggest examining the associations between SCM practices.

Received: November, 2019

1st Revision: March, 2020

Accepted: August, 2020

DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2020/13-3/8

JEL Classification: G21, L26, O16

Keywords: supply chain, performance, green practice, cooperation, innovation