Research Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: May | Volume: 10 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 105-119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230515
Drivers of Green Procurement Eco-Innovation and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
Belinda Chesoli Makheti1, Dr. Anthony Osoro (Ph. D)2
1Masters Student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
2Lecturer, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Corresponding Author: Belinda Chesoli Makheti
ABSTRACT
The study is aimed at exploring drivers of Green Procurement eco-innovation and performance of manufacturing firms in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; to evaluate the effect of reverse logistics on performance of manufacturing firms in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya, and to find out the effect of supplier selection on performance of manufacturing firms in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The study was anchored on stakeholder theory, Institutional theory. The study adopted descriptive Research Design while adopting a census method for data collection. The target population in this study was 200 respondents from manufacturing firms in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya. The research instrument used was a structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed with the help of statistical package for social science version 26, Correlation and regression analysis tools were used establishing the relationship between the variables. The F-test (F=10.0449) which was greater than the critical value. The F-test indicated an overall statistically significant model with reverse logistics explained 59.1% (t~1.350); and supplier selection explained 64.2% (t~2.191). The findings therefore revealed statistically significant regression effect among the variables. The study was significant to both the leadership of Trans Nzoia County and management of the manufacturing firms and other firms in the county, procurement fraternity, and academicians in general. The study recommended that a replica of the study be performed in other counties for the manufacturing firms to determine whether the same variables derived from this study affects performance of manufacturers.
Keywords: [Eco-innovation, Environmental laws, Green Procurement, Reverse Logistics]
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