Achieving sustainable scopes in a supply chain context entails structural changes at all tiers. Recently, scholars investigated different models able to achieve a sustainable supply chain management. With the aim to explain which factors, at the single supplier level, could reassure a focal firm as regards the compliance of sub-suppliers toward sustainability principles, a case study was performed on a company of the food and beverage packaging industry, based on the natural resources-based view of the firm. Results show the leading role that, a major supplier, can play in promoting sub-suppliers' compliance towards sustainable principles. Reputation, legitimacy and concerns about future positioning in the market, are guiding factors able to influence the strategies adopted towards sub-suppliers. Implications for focal firms' managers suggest to invest more in relationships with those suppliers able to demonstrate reliable sustainable management systems, with proven commitments to product stewardship and greener technologies.

Marcella Giacomarra, M.C. (2021). The contribution of a supplier of the food and beverage industry to the sustainability of the overall supply chain. GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REVIEW, 25(3-4), 231-250.

The contribution of a supplier of the food and beverage industry to the sustainability of the overall supply chain

Maria Crescimanno;Antonino Galati
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2021-01-01

Abstract

Achieving sustainable scopes in a supply chain context entails structural changes at all tiers. Recently, scholars investigated different models able to achieve a sustainable supply chain management. With the aim to explain which factors, at the single supplier level, could reassure a focal firm as regards the compliance of sub-suppliers toward sustainability principles, a case study was performed on a company of the food and beverage packaging industry, based on the natural resources-based view of the firm. Results show the leading role that, a major supplier, can play in promoting sub-suppliers' compliance towards sustainable principles. Reputation, legitimacy and concerns about future positioning in the market, are guiding factors able to influence the strategies adopted towards sub-suppliers. Implications for focal firms' managers suggest to invest more in relationships with those suppliers able to demonstrate reliable sustainable management systems, with proven commitments to product stewardship and greener technologies.
2021
Settore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo Rurale
Marcella Giacomarra, M.C. (2021). The contribution of a supplier of the food and beverage industry to the sustainability of the overall supply chain. GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REVIEW, 25(3-4), 231-250.
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