Knowledge Sharing With Suppliers for Operational Efficiency in Green Supply Chain Management: Insights From the Industrial Gases Industry

ABSTRACT The study examined the role of knowledge sharing with suppliers as one knowledge management (KM) practice and the challenges associated with implementing sustainable green supply chain management (GSCM) to achieve environmental sustainability. A mixed‐methods approach was used to draw on the views of management supervisors in an industrial gases company. The findings contribute to the KM literature by highlighting the most significant obstacles to implementing GSCM in businesses operating in the industrial gases industry, including the increasing costs of green raw materials and the need for government support. This study offers theoretically and empirically grounded insights for managers and policymakers related to implementing sustainable GSCM practices in organizational and industrial contexts within the field of KM. To the best of the author's knowledge, this study is the first in the field of KM to offer a practical framework for how knowledge sharing enables sustainable GSCM practices.