Sustainability in Multinational Multi-Tier Supply Chains : Sustainable Supply Chains
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2013-08-10
Author(s)
Abstract
Sustainability in supply chains has become a research field of growing attention with increased contributions on management topics such as sustainable operations, international purchasing responsibility, closed-loop supply chains, or sustainability in supplier relations. Most scholarly papers are positioned on intrafirm supply chains and direct supplier relationships, insufficiently accounting for the true complexity facing managerial decision makers. With approximately 80% of value added being procured internationally from external vendors and their suppliers upstream, the external supply chain accounts for the majority of practices impacting societies and the natural environment around the world. The multinationality of many supply chains, where vendors and their suppliers upstream act differently in their respective local institutional field, makes aligned sustainability practices difficult to realize. The objective of this professional development workshop is to advance research on sustainable supply chain management to a new level, moving beyond the current focus on static internal supply chains and direct international supplier involvement to dynamic multinational, multi-tier end-to-end supply chains. Participants worked with prominent scholars from different disciplines in small open roundtables to identify and develop ways to address these challenges. Discussions revolved around new questions to be asked, theories not yet used in this field, and methodologies offering to capture this larger unit of analysis. At the end of the workshop, table speakers presented the results developed at each table, supported by a brief electronic documentation. We asked participants with interest in pursuing particular ideas further, to leave their contact on the documentation.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Capitalism in Question
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
New York
Start page
1
Event Title
73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Event Location
Lake Buenavista, FL, USA
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
225110