Inter-organisational Design of Voluntary Sustainability Initiatives Increasing the Legitimacy of Sustainability Strategies for Supply Chains /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
Gabler,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.