Inter-organisational Design of Voluntary Sustainability Initiatives Increasing the Legitimacy of Sustainability Strategies for Supply Chains /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Peters, Nils (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Θέματα: Business.; Management.; Leadership.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

Voluntary sustainability initiatives (VSIs) have become the most applied approach for companies to set environmental or social obligations for their supply-chains. However, companies face two main challenges in the design of VSIs: Firstly, they recognise acceptance problems by different stakeholders...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Conceptual aspects of voluntary sustainability initiatives in the context of proactive sustainability strategies for supply chains
• Theoretical aspects of designing voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains
• Initial framework: a resource-based view of institutional entrepreneurship in the design of voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains
• An exploratory study of the institutional entrepreneur's resources in the design of legitimised voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains
• Development of the research model: resources, the design of voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains, and legitimacy
• A confirmatory study of the institutional entrepreneur's resources in the design of legitimised voluntary sustainability initiatives for supply chains
• Conclusion, further research and implications for business practice.