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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable Supply Chain Management in a global context
T2 - The perspective of emerging economy suppliers
AU - Pereira, Michele M.O.
AU - Hendry, Linda
AU - Silva, Minelle
AU - Bossle, M.B.
AU - Antonialli, L.M.
PY - 2023/7/31
Y1 - 2023/7/31
N2 - PurposeThis paper aims to investigate how the extant literature on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) empirically explores the perspective of emerging economy suppliers operating in global supply chains (GSCs). It thereby explains the role of emerging economy suppliers in determining the success of SSCM.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review of 41 empirical papers (published between 2007 and 2021) was conducted, involving both descriptive and thematic analyses.FindingsThe findings demonstrate that emerging economy suppliers have a key role in SSCM, given their use of positive feedback loops to proactively create remedies to surpass barriers using their collaboration mechanisms, and exploit authentic sustainability outcomes as reinforcements to drive further sustainability initiatives. The authors also demonstrate that suppliers are particularly focused on the cultural and institutional dimensions of sustainability. Finally, the authors provide an explanatory analytical framework to reduce the institutional distance between buyers and their global suppliers.Research limitations/implicationsThis review identifies avenues for future research on the role of emerging economy suppliers in SSCM.Practical implicationsRecognising remedies to surpass barriers and reinforcements to drive new actions can aid SSCM in GSCs and improve understanding between buyers and suppliers.Social implicationsThe valorisation of cultural and institutional issues can lead to more responsible supplier interactions and improved sustainability outcomes in emerging economies.Originality/valueThis review only analyses the viewpoint of emerging economy suppliers, whereas prior SSCM reviews have focused on the buyer perspective. Thus, the authors reduce supplier invisibility and institutional distance between GSC participants.
AB - PurposeThis paper aims to investigate how the extant literature on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) empirically explores the perspective of emerging economy suppliers operating in global supply chains (GSCs). It thereby explains the role of emerging economy suppliers in determining the success of SSCM.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review of 41 empirical papers (published between 2007 and 2021) was conducted, involving both descriptive and thematic analyses.FindingsThe findings demonstrate that emerging economy suppliers have a key role in SSCM, given their use of positive feedback loops to proactively create remedies to surpass barriers using their collaboration mechanisms, and exploit authentic sustainability outcomes as reinforcements to drive further sustainability initiatives. The authors also demonstrate that suppliers are particularly focused on the cultural and institutional dimensions of sustainability. Finally, the authors provide an explanatory analytical framework to reduce the institutional distance between buyers and their global suppliers.Research limitations/implicationsThis review identifies avenues for future research on the role of emerging economy suppliers in SSCM.Practical implicationsRecognising remedies to surpass barriers and reinforcements to drive new actions can aid SSCM in GSCs and improve understanding between buyers and suppliers.Social implicationsThe valorisation of cultural and institutional issues can lead to more responsible supplier interactions and improved sustainability outcomes in emerging economies.Originality/valueThis review only analyses the viewpoint of emerging economy suppliers, whereas prior SSCM reviews have focused on the buyer perspective. Thus, the authors reduce supplier invisibility and institutional distance between GSC participants.
KW - Developing economies
KW - Emerging economies
KW - Global supply chains
KW - Supplier perspective
KW - Sustainable supply chain management
KW - Systematic literature review
U2 - 10.1108/RAUSP-05-2022-0141
DO - 10.1108/RAUSP-05-2022-0141
M3 - Review article
VL - 58
SP - 197
EP - 218
JO - RAUSP Management Journal
JF - RAUSP Management Journal
IS - 3
ER -