Contribution of components of Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement in Green Supply Chain Performance measurementA Pilot Empirical Study of the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector

Abstract

This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain Practices have been known to have an impact on Green Supply Chain Performance [6].This paper tests empirically through a pilot study of the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector, the contribution of the eleven variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement in Green Supply Chain Performance measurement. Also the paper establishes the reliability of the questionnaire instrument developed previously for measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement and also for measuring the eleven variables that constitute the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement. Further the paper establishes the correlation among these eleven variables. Finally this paper conducts Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to arrive at a single factor (linear combination of eleven variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement) to aid in measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement. Finally the paper establishes the order of contribution of the eleven variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Continuous Improvement.