Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Investigation of Large German Companies
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In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol. 20, No. 4, 07.2013, p. 205–218.
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T1 - Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
T2 - An Empirical Investigation of Large German Companies
AU - Harms, Dorli
AU - Hansen, Erik G.
AU - Schaltegger, Stefan
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Companies which manage global supply chains face a high level of complexity with a large number of suppliers in diverse socio-economic contexts and growing expectations of customers and standardization schemes to control social and environmental aspects. In the context of sustainable development, the effective management of supplier relationships has therefore attracted particular attention in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). This paper investigates two SSCM strategic approaches in Germany's largest stock companies with regard to supplier management. Supplier evaluation and selection adopts a risk-oriented strategic perspective whereas supplier development represents a business-opportunity-oriented approach to managing supplier chains for sustainable products. The survey-based analysis reveals that large German stock companies mainly implement risk-oriented SSCM strategies. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
AB - Companies which manage global supply chains face a high level of complexity with a large number of suppliers in diverse socio-economic contexts and growing expectations of customers and standardization schemes to control social and environmental aspects. In the context of sustainable development, the effective management of supplier relationships has therefore attracted particular attention in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). This paper investigates two SSCM strategic approaches in Germany's largest stock companies with regard to supplier management. Supplier evaluation and selection adopts a risk-oriented strategic perspective whereas supplier development represents a business-opportunity-oriented approach to managing supplier chains for sustainable products. The survey-based analysis reveals that large German stock companies mainly implement risk-oriented SSCM strategies. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - Strategies
KW - Sustainable Supply Chain Management
KW - Sustainability
KW - Germany
KW - Risk
KW - Opportunity
KW - Corporate sustainability
KW - Germany
KW - Supplier management
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Sustainable supply chain management
KW - strategies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880737117&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/csr.1293
DO - 10.1002/csr.1293
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 20
SP - 205
EP - 218
JO - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
JF - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
SN - 1535-3958
IS - 4
ER -