Socially responsible chain production in an emerging markets: the role of institutional forces, top management support and supply chain ambidexterity
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2023
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KNUST
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Supply chains sustainability are crucial for industrial enterprises to survive in highly competitive industries. Not only do supply chain sustainability dynamics shape business and working environments, but they also affect the business model opportunities and capacities. This study examines the major role of institutional force, top management support and the supply chain ambidexterity on socially responsible supply chain within the production. Industry. The study seek to achieve the following four specific objectives; determine the various institutional forces activities in the manufacturing sector in the Northern region, investigates the socially responsible supply chain activities in the Manufacturing Firms within the Northern Region and the two remaining objectives are to examine moderation role of supply chain ambidexterity on the relationship between top manage socially responsible supply chain and investigate the mediation role of top management support on the relationship between institutional forces and socially responsible supply chain. Quantitative design was adopted with a sample size of 285. Among the key findings of the study were that both direct and indirect institutional forces positively and significantly affect both the top management support system and socially responsible supply chain management practices. Also, at the higher supply chain ambidexterity practices top management support system influence the socially responsible supply chain management practices positively. The study therefore recommended that management should invest more into socially responsible supply chain in order to get more production firms running in the Country.
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A thesis submitted to the institute of distance learning, department of supply chain and information systems, school of business, college of humanity and social science, knust in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in procurement and supply chain management