Supply chain environmental R&D cooperation and product performance: Exploring the network dynamics of positional embeddedness |
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Authors: | M Cristina De Stefano María J Montes-Sancho |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Organization Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics, ETSII, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Madrid, 126, Getafe, Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Companies increasingly need to work with their partners to address sustainability issues, but benefits from environmental R&D cooperation can be limited by the complexity of its management. This paper examines how the interplay between dyadic and network relationships can contribute to increase the success of environmental R&D cooperation. Using secondary data, we examine whether the positional embeddedness in the supply network structure of partners engaged in environmental R&D cooperation amplifies the effects of cooperation on product performance. Non-monotonic effects of environmental R&D cooperation and embeddedness are also tested. The results indicate that the positional embeddedness of partners triggered by multiple sourcing strategy amplifies the effects of environmental R&D cooperation on product environmental performance. The interaction effects become however insignificant in the presence of increasing complexity and excessive environmental R&D cooperation. |
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Keywords: | Sustainability Sourcing Embeddedness Innovation Collaboration Supply network |
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