The role of trainings in improving supplier sustainability performance
研究了核心企业对供应商的培训措施如何影响其可持续绩效，基于汽车行业5000多家一级供应商的纵向数据，发现培训能提升绩效，尤其是长期、要求供应商积极参与的培训效果更明显。
This article analyses the impact of training measures on supplier sustainability performance. It raises the question of the role that training measures and knowledge sharing activities by focal firms play in improving sustainability performance in a global supplier network. The analysis is based on a difference-in-difference approach with multiple time periods following Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021), using a longitudinal data set of over 5000 first-tier suppliers from the automotive industry. We find that sustainability trainings improve supplier sustainability performance in general. Specifically, these results seem to be driven by longer training sessions that require active supplier engagement, outlining a clear learning objective and relating to local sustainability challenges.