Research On Game And Evaluation Models Of Realization Path In Greening Supply Chains Of Electronics Industry In China

Since 1980s, along with the rapid development, electronics industry worldwide has brought increasingly serious environmental problems deriving from hazardous substance pollution of electronic products. Consequently, developing regions such as EU established related regulations, trying to solve the pollution issues by applying the way of greening supply chains. The key of realizing the greening of a supply chain is that governments firstly exert environmental pressures onto end-products producers, and producers further force or promote their upstream chain members to improve environmental performance. Thus, the supply chains and even the whole industry achieve increasing environmental performance. As a domestic pillar industry, the Chinese electronics industry has been facing the pressures of sustainable development and environmental pollution. Subsequently, the Chinese government has also learnt to utilize the way of greening supply chains to address the problems. However, such effort has made slow progress. Based on the situation above, it is necessary to explore the key issues of realization path of greening supply chains in the electronics industry within China. Hence, this dissertation systematically studies the key models of realization path of greening supply chains of the electronics industry.Firstly, two game models between governments and producers in greening a supply chain are established.At the current stage, the Chinese government usually needs to take measures such as financial subsidies to encourage end-products producers to be environmentally friendly. At the same time, other factors like consumer environmental preference should be considered. Also, governments'measures aiming at driving producers will evolve over time, and the information asymmetry problems exist in government-driving-producer process. On the basis of the above, a three-stage game model between a local government and producers considering consumers' environmental preference, and an evolutionary game model between local governments and producers are established. The three-stage model reveals the importance of governments to foster consumers'environmental awareness, and gives suggestions on how governments develop the subsidy programs and how producers respond to the programs. The evolutionary game model analyzes different evolutionary stable strategies, and explores the behavior traits of local governments and producers. Also, the necessity of establishing local supporting regulations and standards as well as developing a feasible supervision mechanism is also discussed. The two game models can aid the decision making for both governments and producers.Moreover, an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) evaluation model of electronics producers is established.Considering the current far-ranging outsourcing activities for Chinese electronics producers, this dissertation uses Analytical Network Process (ANP) to develop an OEM evaluation model. The evaluation model aids to describe OEM's economic, environmental and social performance level and OEM's facility location conditions. The evaluation model can also help producers to balance the triple relationships among economic development, environment protection and social responsibility.Finally, a supplier classification management evaluation model and a green supplier development projects evaluation model in the process of green supplier development are developed.Four supplier classification management modes and two key factors classifying suppliers are recognized. Furthermore, ANP is applied to develop the supplier classification management evaluation model. Three kinds of green supplier development projects and two key factors evaluating green supplier development projects are analyzed. ANP and the grey system theory are used to establish the green supplier development evaluation model. Illustrative examples are presented to test the two evaluation models. The two models provide decision making supports on green supplier development for producers.