Abstract:
Purpose
This study presents an empirical study on multidirectional relationship between sustainable
supplier management (SSM) practices and buyer-supplier performance from the perspective of
buying firms. In this study the author focuses on four practices of SSM which are sustainable
supplier selection, sustainable supplier monitoring, sustainable supplier development and
sustainable supplier collaboration and test their impact on three measures of buyer-supplier
performance named as supplier performance, buyer-supplier relationship and buyer competitive
advantage.
Design and Approach
The research design of this research paper is explanatory in nature and the approaches used in
this study are quantitative in nature, deductive approach and a cross sectional in nature. The
conceptual model was proposed and tested by using SPSS
Findings
The findings obtained from this study elaborate that sustainable supplier selection, sustainable
supplier development and sustainable supplier collaboration has a significant and positive impact
on supplier performance and on buyer supplier relationship. It is also observed that the supplier
development and supplier collaboration has significant positive impact on buyer competitive
advantage.
Limitations
The limitations for this research are as follows:
For this study the time constraint is the major factor as more time could provide moie knowledge
regarding the research topic.
The research survey is based on only manufacturing industries of Pakistan.
The research survey is based on the perspectives of buying firms.
Recommendations
It is also observed that due to the lack of awareness ofsustainability in manufacturing industries
some ofthe hypotheses are rejected therefore it is recommended that trainings and sustainability
awareness programs are required in industries or organizations ofPakistan so that they can get
awareness on sustainability.
