Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and sustainability performance in the context of manufacturing networks and explores the moderating effect of interplant coordination on this relationship. It is developed theoretically based on the perspective of information processing theory and empirically using the data from the sixth round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey. The results not only demonstrate the significant positive effect of CSR practices on sustainability performance in the context of manufacturing networks, but also suggest that the age and the social orientation of plants can have impacts on sustainability performance. Furthermore, the results reveal that interplant coordination plays a role in moderating the relationship between CSR practices and the social dimension of sustainability performance, but not on the environmental dimension. This paper contributes to the existing literature related to both sustainable and global operations by extending the current discussions on the relationship between CSR practices and sustainability performance to a new context and elaborating the role of a different kind of coordination in moderating this relationship. It also provides suggestions to managers of plants and manufacturing networks, for guiding them to make good use of interplant coordination and achieve better sustainability performance.

摘要

本文调查了制造网络背景下企业社会责任 (CSR) 实践与可持续发展绩效之间的关系，并探讨了工厂间协调对这种关系的调节作用。它是基于信息处理理论的视角，利用第六轮国际制造业战略调查的数据，从理论上发展而来的。结果不仅表明企业社会责任实践对制造网络背景下的可持续发展绩效具有显着的积极影响，而且还表明工厂的年龄和社会取向会对可持续发展绩效产生影响。此外，结果表明，植物间协调在调节企业社会责任实践与可持续发展绩效的社会层面之间的关系方面发挥作用，但在环境层面却没有。本文通过将当前关于企业社会责任实践和可持续发展绩效之间关系的讨论扩展到新的背景，并详细阐述不同类型的协调在缓和这种关系中的作用，为与可持续和全球运营相关的现有文献做出了贡献。它还为工厂和制造网络的管理者提供建议，指导他们善用工厂间的协调，实现更好的可持续发展绩效。本文通过将当前关于企业社会责任实践和可持续发展绩效之间关系的讨论扩展到新的背景，并详细阐述不同类型的协调在缓和这种关系中的作用，为与可持续和全球运营相关的现有文献做出了贡献。它还为工厂和制造网络的管理者提供建议，指导他们善用工厂间的协调，实现更好的可持续发展绩效。本文通过将当前关于企业社会责任实践和可持续发展绩效之间关系的讨论扩展到新的背景，并详细阐述不同类型的协调在缓和这种关系中的作用，为与可持续和全球运营相关的现有文献做出了贡献。它还为工厂和制造网络的管理者提供建议，指导他们善用工厂间的协调，实现更好的可持续发展绩效。