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Institutional entrepreneurship capabilities for interorganizational sustainable supply chain strategies
Journal
International Journal of Logistics Management, The
ISSN
0957-4093
ISSN-Digital
1758-6550
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-06-13
Author(s)
Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to address the implementation of proactive interorganizational sustainable supply chain strategies by empirically exploring the relationship between key (inter-)organizational resources of the initiating company and the establishment of widely accepted voluntary sustainability initiatives.
Design/methodology/approach - The study is built on comparative case studies as well as literature on institutional entrepreneurship and the resource-based view. Findings - The authors identify capabilities that enable the creation and establishment of company- driven voluntary sustainability initiatives - namely external stakeholder integration, cross-functional integration, the management of loosely coupled business units, supply chain implementation, process improvement and cultural framing.
Originality/value - With this study, the authors introduce institutional entrepreneurship theory to supply chain management literature and show that institutional entrepreneurship theory may contribute to the question of how organizations implement their interorganizational sustainable supply chain strategies. Specifically, the study derives propositions for key resources enabling the establishment of voluntary sustainability initiatives widely accepted by participants as well as initiative-external stakeholders
Design/methodology/approach - The study is built on comparative case studies as well as literature on institutional entrepreneurship and the resource-based view. Findings - The authors identify capabilities that enable the creation and establishment of company- driven voluntary sustainability initiatives - namely external stakeholder integration, cross-functional integration, the management of loosely coupled business units, supply chain implementation, process improvement and cultural framing.
Originality/value - With this study, the authors introduce institutional entrepreneurship theory to supply chain management literature and show that institutional entrepreneurship theory may contribute to the question of how organizations implement their interorganizational sustainable supply chain strategies. Specifically, the study derives propositions for key resources enabling the establishment of voluntary sustainability initiatives widely accepted by participants as well as initiative-external stakeholders
Language
English
Keywords
Corporate strategy
Supply chain management
Purchasing
Resource management
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publisher place
Bingley (UK)
Volume
22
Number
1
Start page
52
End page
86
Pages
35
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
140912