SPECIAL TOPIC FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION AND REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF PURCHASING MANAGEMENT*
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This paper introduces a special topic forum on “Sustainable Supply Chain Management.” Before introducing the papers included in the forum, the authors provide thoughts on the direction and future of sustainability research, particularly in the context of purchasing and supply chain management. The underlying premise that structures our discussion is straightforward: a company is no more sustainable than its supply chain. As such the purchasing function becomes central in a company's sustainability effort. In doing so, we reflect on the relationship between purchasing management and sustainable development by drawing from Kraljic's seminal article on how “Purchasing Must Become Supply Management.”
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Sustainability evidence gathering in attempting to develop support for any theoretical approach is notoriously difficult, including what to measure in terms of institutional impacts and what boundaries to set around sustainability and its implications for management.
“We also place the caveat that sustainability evidence gathering in attempting to develop support for any theoretical approach is notoriously difficult - what to measure in terms of the institutional impacts , for instance, and what boundaries to set around such a diffuse and contested term as sustainability and its implications for management (Krause, Vachon & Klassen 2009).”
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- Authors
- KRAUSE, D. R., VACHON, S., & KLASSEN, R. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Victoria (CA)
- HEC Montréal (CA)
- Western University (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Supply Chain Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-09-11
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 18-25
- ISSN
- 1055-6001 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-2409
- 1745-493X
- OpenAlex
- W1998787313
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 32.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Supply Chain Management (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Quality and Supply Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Keywords
- sustainable supply chain management, procurement management, sustainable development, corporate sustainability, supply management
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