12532: Dyadic Analysis of the Buyer Production Growth Impact on Supplier Emissions in Aerospace Industry (session 25597)

Monday, July 28, 2025

12:00 - 13:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C1-m3

Session Type: Paper Session
Orientation: Practice,Research
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Author(s)

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Iryna Malacina

LUT University, Finland
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Jaan-Pauli Kimpimäki

LUT Business School, Finland
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Anni-Kaisa Kahkonen

LUT Business School, Finland
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Axel Zehendner

LUT Business School, Finland
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Aleksi Harju

LUT University, LUT Business School, Finland

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Management literature has traditionally associated production growth with business success and market competitiveness. Yet, the emphasis on growth and its perceived limitless potential sharply contrasts with the concept of planetary boundaries and the urgency of responding to the climate crisis. In this study, we explore the association between buyer production growth and changes in supplier emission performance at a dyadic (i.e., buyer and supplier) level. Our analysis, set within the aerospace industry’s supply network, indicates that higher buyer growth is associated with improvements in supplier emission performance. Nonetheless, our findings also suggest that high buyer dominance over its supply network—characterized by structural autonomy and supplier dependency—tends to mitigate the positive impact of buyer growth on supplier emissions. Additionally, suppliers with high eco-innovativeness capabilities seem to derive less benefit from buyer production growth.

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