Digitalization and environmental sustainability ramifications on the Moroccan companies’ resilience

Purpose Drawing on extensive extant literature on supply chain management, this study develops a research model relating digital supply chain, environmental sustainability and supply chain resilience. To date, there has been agreement about the impact of digitalization on supply chain resilience. This paper seeks to test the research model by using the quantitative method. We consider digital supply chains and environmental sustainability as two advantageous resources to develop supply chain resilience capabilities. Design/methodology/approach We followed the survey technique for data collection. For data analysis, we used Smart-PLS. The participants were from diverse Moroccan manufacturers. Findings The findings suggest that digital supply chains have a positive impact on environmental sustainability and supply chain resilience. Environmental sustainability has a positive effect on the three resilience capabilities: absorptive, response and recovery. Environmental sustainability mediates the relationship between digital supply chains and their resilience. Originality/value The originality of this work stems from the ecological sustainability engagement of supply chains with the implementation of digital tools. Drawing on the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities theory, we found that environmental practices empower digital supply chains in raising resilience capabilities. Environmental sustainability negatively moderates the negative relationship between digital supply chain and supply chain resilience.