Research on the"Green Bullwhip"Effect of Green Procurement by Major Government Customers and Supplier Network:the Perspective of Pressure Transmission
Building green innovation system of supply chain around enterprises is an important strategic path to develop low carbon economy and realize"double carbon"environment objective as soon as possible.Based on customer and supplier information voluntarily disclosed by A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2020,this paper considers the three-layer supply chain network as the smallest analytical unit,and empirically examines the influence of green procurement of the major government customers on green innovation of their supplier network.It is found that,the pressure of green procurement from major government customers can significantly improve the green innova-tion level of the supplier network,and this pressure can be amplified and transmitted upward along the level of the supplier network,promoting green innovation of high-level suppliers to a greater ex-tent,presenting the"green bullwhip"effect.The analysis of the dynamic mechanism of the"green bullwhip"shows that the impact of the central environmental protection supervision action and the short duration of the supplier network relationship respectively increase the environmental protec-tion pressure of the supply chain terminal and the information asymmetry of the supply chain,thus providing the impetus for strengthening the"green bullwhip"effect.Heterogeneity analysis shows that the"green bullwhip"effect is significantly weakened when upstream suppliers have stronger bargaining power than downstream suppliers and with greater geographical distance.This study provides theoretical basis and empirical evidence for how government procurement drives green in-novation in the supply chain from the perspective of customer pressure transmission.It also pro-vides suggestions and inspirations for government departments on how to better embed in the mar-ket supply chain to promote green transformation and upgrading.
major government customerthe"green bullwhip"effectgreen innovationsuppli-er networkcustomer pressure