Developing a theory of focal company business sustainability efforts in connection with supply chain stakeholders

Svensson, Göran; Ferro, Carlos; Høgevold, Nils M.; Padín, Carmen; Varela, Juan Carlos Sosa

doi:10.1108/scm-12-2015-0461

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“…The contributions of Ni and Sun [33]; Svensson et al [34] and Valdez-Juárez et al [35] highlight the need to integrate comprehensive perspectives into the study of problems related to sustainability in protected areas. The results obtained for the variables OpM, Adt, Int and Plc indicate that in the RAMSAR sites where economic activities are carried out, management must support daily operations without neglecting the plans established by higher organisms, this will allow to positively indicate the achievement of sustainable performance without reducing effectiveness or efficiency.…”

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“…Thus, statistical analysis is highlighted in particular by means of PLS-PM, because it has been used to study multiple factors such as how financial resources [29,30], intellectual capital [31,32], and supply chain [17,[33][34][35], influence in sustainability. Also, from a causal perspective, Butler and Adamowski [11] emphasise that interventions based on group modelling can engage stakeholders with the consequence of sustainability.…”

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Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Performance in RAMSAR Sites

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This article explores and validates the integrated use of the viable system model (VSM) and the partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) approach to assess the sustainable management of RAMSAR sites carrying out economic activities. This work adopts a systems-thinking approach integrating systemic methodologies in three phases: (1) the VSM was first used to develop a conceptual model of the organisational problem; (2) PLS-PM was used to propose a construct to outline a solution, as well as to statistically validate the relationships proposed in the conceptual model; finally, (3) through the VSM, the relationships between actors were rethought in order to promote sustainable performance. The results obtained suggest that the joint use of VSM and PLS-PM is an effective approach that aids in the identification of relational and structural pathologies affecting the observed RAMSAR systems. It also proved useful to suggest that relationships can lead to the sustainable performance of the sites under study. It should be noted that the framework of systemic tools is constrained in its application to the organisational domain: assessing two RAMSAR areas in Mexico. Methodologically, this is the first application of the integrated use of VSM and PLS-PM to analyse the management and viability/sustainability of RAMSAR areas from an organisational perspective, opening a new avenue for the analysis and optimisation of management of such areas. This study provides tools to support actors and academics related to RAMSAR sites and opens up a discussion on how to rethink the organisational interactions in order to improve RAMSAR sites’ adaptive capabilities.

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Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Performance in RAMSAR Sites

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“…Therefore, the work of French and Raven (1959) that has shaped much of our discipline's understanding of dyadic power, is insufficient for true network perspectives. Similarly, stakeholder research that takes a focal firm perspective (Alvarez et al, 2010;Busse et al, 2017;Svensson et al, 2018), while illuminating various stakeholder issues, risk obscuring other power factors at play. Our findings support emerging research that identifies the criticality of network approaches to power (Hearnshaw & Wilson, 2013;Johnsen et al, 2020;Meehan & Bryde, 2015;Meqdadi et al, 2019).…”

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The institutional logic of the sustainable organisation: the case of a chocolate supply network

Loughlin

Meehan

2021

IJOPM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how, and by whom, institutional logics are determined in the action of sustainable organisation. The authors analyse a supply chain network structure to understand how multiple stakeholders' perceptions of sustainability emerge into a dominant logic and diffuse across an organisational field.Design/methodology/approachStakeholder network theory provides novel insights into emerging logics within a chocolate supply chain network. Semi-structured interviews with 35 decision-makers were analysed alongside 269 company documents to capture variations in emergent logics. The network was mapped to include 63 nodes and 366 edges to analyse power structure and mechanisms.FindingsThe socio-economic organising principles of sustainable organisation, their sources of power and their logics are identified. Economic and social logics are revealed, yet the dominance of economic logics creates risks to their coexistence. Logics are largely shaped in pre-competitive activities, and resource fitness to collaborative clusters limits access for non-commercial actors.Research limitations/implicationsPowerful firms use network structures and collaborative and concurrent inter-organisational relationships to define and diffuse their conceptualisation of sustainability and restrict competing logics.Originality/valueThis novel study contributes to sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) through presenting the socio-economic logic as a new conceptual framework to understand the action of sustainable organisation. The identification of sophisticated mechanisms of power and hegemonic control in the network opens new research agendas.

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“…Scholars accordingly research SSCM phenomena in-depth, gradually producing a theory of SSCM (Carter and Rogers, 2008;Pagell and Wu, 2009;Svensson et al, 2018;Tachizawa and Wong, 2014). This theory aims to predict the antecedents and outcomes of SSCM, as well as identify relevant supply chain actors and contextual boundaries (Whetten, 1989).…”

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Toward a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management: the role of media attention

Hartmann

2021

SCM

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Purpose To contribute to the development of a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), this study aims to focus on media attention as an under-researched antecedent. Media transmit information about (good or bad) business practices and information recipients often adjust their behavior accordingly. Although media often uncover scandals in supply chains, no systematic understanding explicates how they shape lead firms’ reactions to scandals. This empirical study investigates how media attention to a major supply chain scandal influences buying companies’ SSCM. Design/methodology/approach The research setting is the fashion industry, five years after the Rana Plaza building collapse. Matched SSCM data from 73 fashion lead firms and news articles collected from major outlets were analyzed using ordinary least squares regression analyzes. Findings This study generates nuanced insights into the role of the media in triggering SSCM. Certain facets of media attention (direct media exposure and negative framing) result in higher levels of SSCM, others have no significant effect (media visibility) and some result in less SSCM (positive framing). Research limitations/implications The varying effects of different facets of media attention on SSCM have not been established previously. Both media and supply chain researchers should address these unique effects in their continued assessments. Social implications External stakeholders can use these findings to devise more effective ways to influence lead firms and improve social and environmental conditions in supply chains. Originality/value This study is the first empirical investigation of the effects of various facets of media attention on SSCM.

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Developing a theory of focal company business sustainability efforts in connection with supply chain stakeholders

Cited by 49 publications

References 82 publications

Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Performance in RAMSAR Sites

Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Performance in RAMSAR Sites

The institutional logic of the sustainable organisation: the case of a chocolate supply network

Toward a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management: the role of media attention

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