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Implementing sustainability in multi-tier supply chains: strategies and contingencies in managing sub-suppliers
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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:01 authored by Miriam Wilhelm, Constantin Blome, Ellen Wieck, Cheng Yong XiaoBuying firms must pay increased attention to supply chain sustainability issues, as stakeholders might hold them responsible for non-sustainable supply chain activities. Frequently, sustainability problems occur upstream at the sub-supplier level. Building on the literature on multi-tier supply chains (MSCs), we investigated the sustainability management strategies of buying firms in the food, apparel, packaging, and consumer electronics with regard to second-tier suppliers and beyond. In particular, we analyzed seven cases of global MSCs and found four different characteristic MSC types—open, closed, third party, and “don't bother”. We identified three main factors—supply chain complexity, the sustainability management capabilities of the first-tier supplier, and the type of sustainability in focus (i.e., environmental or social sustainability)—that determine when and how buying firms actually extend their sustainability strategies to their sub-suppliers.
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International Journal of Production EconomicsISSN
0925-5273Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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182Page range
196-212Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2016-11-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-02-04First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-11-28Usage metrics
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