Durmaz Ahmet, Demir Hakan, Sezen Bülent
Gebze Technical University Business Administration Faculty, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Sustain Prod Consum. 2021 Oct;28:218-230. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.04.014. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains are today confronted with more uncertainties than ever before. In the face of unanticipated disruptions, being resilient and sustainable has been rewarding for supply chains in terms of competitive advantage. However, literature is still far from possessing an encompassing sustainable supply chain framework (SSCF). As a contribution to the extant literature, the present study expounds a prominent concept termed negative entropy and explores its role in the SSCF. To accomplish this goal, the effect of negative entropy on supply chain sustainability is tested. Following the open systems theory and drawing from the collaboration and information management aspects of the negative entropy, co-creation, open innovation and network governance concepts which are considered to be relevant in this context are selected to be the antecedents of negative entropy. The empirical research is conducted on prominent logistics service providers and firms from various sectors with approved research and development departments in Turkey. The obtained data were subjected to covariance-based structural equation modeling analysis via Lisrel program. According to results, negative entropy is found to be a robust element in explaining supply chain sustainability. Furthermore, whereas co-creation and network governance reflected significant effects on negative entropy, surprisingly, open innovation demonstrated no substantial impact. This paper opens up a new front in sustainable supply chain management studies with a notable empirical study introducing negative entropy in the context of open systems theory.
随着新冠疫情的爆发，如今供应链面临着比以往任何时候都更多的不确定性。面对意外中断，具备弹性和可持续性已在竞争优势方面给供应链带来了回报。然而，目前的文献仍远未形成一个全面的可持续供应链框架（SSCF）。作为对现有文献的贡献，本研究阐述了一个名为负熵的重要概念，并探讨了其在可持续供应链框架中的作用。为实现这一目标，测试了负熵对供应链可持续性的影响。遵循开放系统理论，并从负熵的协作和信息管理方面出发，选择在这种背景下被认为相关的共创、开放式创新和网络治理概念作为负熵的前因。对土耳其知名物流服务提供商以及来自各行业且设有经批准的研发部门的公司进行了实证研究。通过Lisrel程序对获得的数据进行基于协方差的结构方程建模分析。结果表明，负熵是解释供应链可持续性的一个有力因素。此外，虽然共创和网络治理对负熵有显著影响，但令人惊讶的是，开放式创新并未显示出实质性影响。本文通过一项在开放系统理论背景下引入负熵的显著实证研究，为可持续供应链管理研究开辟了一个新的领域。
