Research on Development Configuration Path of Regional Smart Supply Chain from Perspective of Green Ecology:Taking Huai River Ecological Economic Belt as Example
The smart and green transformation of supply chain would affect the economic and social devel-opment of a region,in the light of which,the current status of the smart supply chain in the Huaihe Ecologi-cal Economic Belt and the influence configuration of its antecedent factors are worthy questions to explore.In this paper,from a green ecological perspective,we constructed a comprehensive evaluation index system for the smart supply chain on four aspects:innovation,coordination,sustainability,and intelligence.After measuring the smart supply chain development level in 25 cities of the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt using the entropy method,we employed the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)to explore the configuration paths of five factors,namely foreign trade openness,industrial structure,innovation drive,government support,and location advantages,on the development level of the smart supply chain in the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt.The results obtained indicate that there is significant spatial disparity in the development level of the smart supply chain across the provinces in the Huai River Ecological Eco-nomic Belt,as in the order of Jiangsu>Shandong>Anhui>Henan;there is considerable room for improve-ment both in terms of overall coordination and regional coordination of the smart supply chain development level in the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt;cities in Jiangsu Province,especially Yangzhou,can serve as a model for other cities;innovation is the short board for cities in Henan province,which needs to be worked on.Next,through an empirical analysis,we showed that the development level of the smart supply chain in the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt is influenced by the factors under multiple configuration paths,with two identified which can facilitate the high-level development of the smart supply chains of the cities:Path 1 being high openness under government support,and Path 2 being high innovation drive with location advantage.Given the different paths,each city should choose a suitable configuration path and tar-geted measures based on its characteristics to enhance the development level of the smart supply chain and promote higher quality development of the Huai River Ecological Economic Belt.Specifically,at the techni-cal level,it is necessary to improve the technical innovation service system and further promote supply chain technological innovation and application;at the organizational level,it is essential to enhance the quality and efficiency of bilateral trade and promote industrial optimization and upgrading;and at the environmental lev-el,the government should clarify its positioning,and give full play to the advantageous local conditions of the cities.
Huai River Ecological Economic Beltsmart supply chainentropy value methodconfiguration pathQCA
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