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DEVELOPMENT OF FACTORS EFFECTIVE IN THE SUCCESS OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Mahsa Pishdar1, Mohammad Reza Seyyed Hashemi Toloun2, Sima Zamani3 and Fereshteh Farzianpour4
  • 1 Department of Production and Operation Management, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran
  • 2 Department of Management, Sohrevardi Institution, Qazvin, Iran
  • 3 Department of Management, Payamnoor University, Tehran, Iran
  • 4 Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Industrialists and researchers now realize the importance of preserving the environment and principles related to. Sustainable protection can be achieved by protection of environment. Such factors encourage manufacturers to adhere principles of ecological production. In this way, study of factors effective in success of green supply chain management can be really helpful. Assistance to manufacturers having a successful green supply chain is an incentive for this study. Results of this study shed the light on the matter that activities based on green supply chain management approach and external driving factors can affect the efficiency of whole of the supply chain. This means that Industrialists’ activities must be in accordance with the principles of environmental protection and they should consider external pressures in order to remain competitive in business world. Besides, results show that environmental regulations, green purchasing and green design are the sub-components that can affect the entire system. However, other sub-components that can have a role in the success of green supply chain management take affection of the whole system instead of influencing it.

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Volume 9 No. 1, 2014, 33-43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2014.33.43

Submitted On: 26 November 2013 Published On: 20 December 2013

How to Cite: Pishdar, M., Toloun, M. R. S. H., Zamani, S. & Farzianpour, F. (2014). DEVELOPMENT OF FACTORS EFFECTIVE IN THE SUCCESS OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9(1), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2014.33.43

Open AccessCopyright: © 2014 Mahsa Pishdar, Mohammad Reza Seyyed Hashemi Toloun, Sima Zamani and Fereshteh Farzianpour. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Green Supply Chain
  • Green Supply Chain Management
  • External Driving Factors
  • Organizational Efficiency
  • Fuzzy DEMATEL Method