The study of knowledge transfer and green management performance in green supply chain management

The information communication and knowledge exchange based on environmental friendly requirements among manufacturers is the critical success factor of green supply chain management (GSCM). The firms of IT industry in Taiwan with green supply chain implementation was used as the research objects to further explore constructs of knowledge transfer and the relationships between  knowledge transfer and  green management performance. The result showed that; (1) Information quality had significant positive impact on environmental management performance; (2) Information sharing and information quality did not have significant impact on positive economical performance; (3) Information sharing had positive significant impact on negative economical performance. The research findings revealed that firms should realize the effect of short-term costs and benefits on knowledge transfer in order to enhance green management performance.   Key words: Knowledge transfer, information sharing, information quality, green management performance, green supply chain management.

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