Sustainability challenges are getting lot of attention in manufacturing sector and they usually require the use of institutional pressures. Firms in turn, respond to these pressures by instituting assessment and collaboration mechanisms for their suppliers who hold pivotal roles in their supply chains. This paper investigates the effectiveness of coercive pressures and mimetic pressures in implementing supplier assessment and supplier collaboration mechanisms by the firms. This research also uncovers the inter-relationship of the two mechanisms in the presence of these pressures. Data were collected from 97 manufacturing firms that outsource their supplies to different organizations across the world. Structural Equation Modelling is employed through the use of Smart-PLS. The results show a fully mediated relationship of coercive pressures with supplier collaboration through supplier assessment. This paper suggests important managerial implications for firms addressing supplier mechanisms for environmental purposes. This paper contributes to the existing literature of Institutional Theory within the domain of greening suppliers.

可持续性挑战在制造业中越来越受到关注，它们通常需要利用机构压力。反过来，企业通过为在供应链中扮演关键角色的供应商建立评估和协作机制来应对这些压力。本文研究了强制性压力和模仿性压力在企业实施供应商评估和供应商协作机制中的有效性。这项研究还揭示了在存在这些压力的情况下这两种机制之间的相互关系。数据是从97家制造公司收集的，这些公司将其供应品外包给世界各地的不同组织。通过使用Smart-PLS进行结构方程建模。结果表明，通过供应商评估，矫顽压力与供应商协作之间具有完全中介的关系。本文提出了对于企业解决环境供应商机制的重要管理意义。本文为绿色供应商领域中现有的制度理论文献做出了贡献。