TY - JOUR
T1 - Firms' green R&D cooperation behaviour in a supply chain
T2 - Technological spillover, power and coordination
AU - Chen, Xu
AU - Wang, Xiaojun
AU - Zhou, Mingmei
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - In response to the global fight against climate change, a growing number of firms cooperate with their supply chain partners on green innovations. This study explores firms’ green R&D cooperation behaviour in a two-echelon supply chain in which a manufacturer and a retailer first cooperate to invest green R&D and then organise production according to a wholesale price contract. Through a comparison with non-cooperation models, we evaluate the effects of green R&D cooperation on the economic, environmental and social performances of the supply chain while simultaneously considering the technological spillover and supply chain power relationship. Our findings show that the R&D cooperation’s improvement of firms’ economic performance is mainly determined by firms’ own green contribution level. This level is dependent on firms’ green R&D investment efficiency and spillover as well as on their relevant power relationship with their supply chain partners. Interestingly, there is a Pareto improvement region in which the green R&D cooperation has a positive impact on firms, customers and the environment. In the case of a non-Pareto improvement region, supply chain coordination can be achieved through a two-part tariff contract. This applies to all three of the supply chain power structures investigated in this research.
AB - In response to the global fight against climate change, a growing number of firms cooperate with their supply chain partners on green innovations. This study explores firms’ green R&D cooperation behaviour in a two-echelon supply chain in which a manufacturer and a retailer first cooperate to invest green R&D and then organise production according to a wholesale price contract. Through a comparison with non-cooperation models, we evaluate the effects of green R&D cooperation on the economic, environmental and social performances of the supply chain while simultaneously considering the technological spillover and supply chain power relationship. Our findings show that the R&D cooperation’s improvement of firms’ economic performance is mainly determined by firms’ own green contribution level. This level is dependent on firms’ green R&D investment efficiency and spillover as well as on their relevant power relationship with their supply chain partners. Interestingly, there is a Pareto improvement region in which the green R&D cooperation has a positive impact on firms, customers and the environment. In the case of a non-Pareto improvement region, supply chain coordination can be achieved through a two-part tariff contract. This applies to all three of the supply chain power structures investigated in this research.
KW - Cooperation
KW - Green R&D
KW - Low-carbon supply chain
KW - Technological spillover
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066134079&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.04.033
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.04.033
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85066134079
SN - 0925-5273
VL - 218
SP - 118
EP - 134
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
ER -