Analysis on the evolutionary stability of enterprises implementing supply chain responsibility

Nowadays, the research on Supply Chain Responsibility (SCR) has raised many concerns. Researchers put supply chain research into the framework of social responsibility, however, little research pays attention to the bounded rationality which is much closer to the society. This research, based on evolutionary game theory, focuses on the evolutionary stable strategy of manufacturers and suppliers whether to undertake responsibility in supply chain. Furthermore, we take the government´s strategies into consideration and analyze the evolutionary stable strategy not only between manufacturers and suppliers but also between enterprises and government. It concludes that whether the company will implement SCR is affected by the following factors, the initial state of the system, the cost caused by implementing SCR, the profit emerged from implementing SCR and the government policy. Finally, different evolutionary routes of the stability will be summarized and implication for further research will be stated.