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International Business and Management

Vol. 4, No. 1, 2012, pp. 76-82 DOI:10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820120401.1185

ISSN 1923-841X [Print] ISSN 1923-8428 [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org

Pressures on Green Supply Chain Management: A Study on Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China

Xiangmeng HUANG1,*; Boon Leing TAN2, Dong LI3

1 Department of Business, Economics and Management, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, PRC 2 MDIS Business School, Management Development Institute of Management, Singapore Department of Business, Economics and Management, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, PRC 3 Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK * Corresponding Author. Address: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Building 2 D536 (No.111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province) E-mail: Xiangmeng.Huang@student.xjtlu.edu.cn

Xiangmeng HUANG , Boon Leing TAN, Dong LI (2012). Pressures on Green Supply Chain Management: A Study on Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China. International Business and Management, 4(1), 76-82. Available from: URL: http://www.cscanada. net/index.php/ibm/article/view/j.ibm.1923842820120401.1185 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820120401.1185

INTRODUCTION

With the globalization of economies, supply chain management has become a promising area in achieving sustainability due to international environmental pressures and the concept of “green supply chain management (GSCM)”. As stated by Wycherly (1999), the management of the supply chain is an important element that can help businesses to lower their environmental and social costs. Facing an increasingly competitive global market, in order to achieve the balance of cost reduction, economic growth and environmental friendship, a number of large multinational enterprises have established networks of their suppliers globally to increase their competitiveness. As such, an...