D3 Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa
Unraveling Mickey Mouse: Effect of market and regulatory drivers on sustainability in supply chains
Tekijät: Sini Laari, Tomi Solakivi, Anu Bask, Juuso Töyli, Lauri Ojala
Toimittaja: Listou Tore
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: Nordic Logistics Research Network Conference
Julkaisuvuosi: 2019
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Proceedings of the 31st Annual NOFOMA Conference: Supply Chain Designs and Sustainable Development of Societies
Purpose
This study applies
institutional and stakeholder theories to examine if the supply chain
position affects the importance of each dimension of triple-bottom-line in
medium- and long-term decision-making. Market and regulatory drivers behind
such behaviour is investigated.
Design/methodology/approach
The research data
comprises 508 manufacturing and trading firms operating in Finland, which
were divided into four supply chain tiers. The main research methods are
descriptive analysis, ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis test.
Findings
The economic
dimension dominates decision-making in all tiers, followed by social and
environmental considerations. Firms are mainly influenced by market drivers.
The proximity of the end customer increases the role of market drivers in
environmental sustainability, and decreases the role of regulatory drivers.
Research
limitations/implications
The research
setting is cross-sectional, and the sample is geographically limited. The
analysis could be extended to other countries with a more detailed breakdown
of drivers.
Practical
implications
Results help firms
in evaluating their position regarding sustainability, and redesigning
efforts in the intersection of regulatory and market governance. Results may
also help firms in promoting sustainability practices between supply chain
members and policy-makers in their practical efforts towards sustainable
development.
Social
implications
Regulation is most
applicable at the upstream of the supply chain, particularly in environmental
issues. At the downstream, market drivers prevail. To boost the sustainable
development and behavioural change of societies, it is necessary to find a
balance between regulatory and market governance.
Original/value
This paper
contributes to the sustainable supply chain management literature by using a
large-scale survey to analyse whether the dimensions of sustainability and
the underlying drivers differ in various tiers of the supply chain.
Keywords: Sustainability,
Supply chain, Market pressure, Regulation
