دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی مدیریت زنجیره تامین پایدار در کشورهای در حال توسعه: تجزیه و تحلیل ادبیات - الزویر 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the academic literature addressing Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) practices in developing countries. A systematic literature review method was adopted; selected papers were reviewed from 2000 to 2016 that matched our inclusion criteria. Common themes across the literature were identified covering four factors regarding the adoption of SSCM: drivers, barriers, mechanisms and outcomes. A conceptual model integrating these factors and based on institutional theory was advanced to explain the adoption of sustainability practices along supply chains in developing countries. The paper concludes by identifying gaps in the literature that require further research on this topic, particularly for the context of developing countries. To the best of our knowledge this is the first paper reviewing the existing research on SSCM in developing countries that includes both social and environmental dimensions.

5. Conclusion and Future research

This study makes a number of theoretical contributions to SSCM in developing countries. First, it is the first literature review (to the best of our knowledge) that examines existing literature addressing SSCM with a focus on developing countries for both, social and environmental sustainability using a systematic approach. Previous reviews have focused either on the definition of SSCM (Seuring and Müller, 2008) or examples for either environmental or social sustainability (Fahimnia et al., 2015; Yawar and Seuring, 2015; Zorzini et al., 2015). We found that there is little research based on private sectors in developing countries, with the extant research largely spread across different journals and disciplines. Case studies tend to be documented in journals with a regional or local remit. Second, this paper provides a comprehensive conceptual framework integrating drivers, barriers, mechanisms and outcomes for both buying firms from developed countries sourcing from developing economies and supplying companies in developing countries. In this framework, drivers are classified using institutional theory foundations. The division of ex ante and ex post barriers present novel ways of examining barriers while implementing a sustainability effort. The classification of instruments according to their compulsory/collaborative nature, as well as the inclusion of economic, social and environmental outcomes provides a comprehensive framework for future research and reference. Third, based on the literature review a number of actionable directions for future research, linked to the aforementioned research themes, are suggested for researchers to address in the future.