Nominated procurement and the indirect control of nominated sub-suppliers: Evidence from the Sri Lankan apparel supply chain
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

This article describes and discusses nominated procurement as a means through which buyers select sub-suppliers to achieve sustainability compliance upstream in emerging economies' supply chains. Hence, it critically examines the ways buyers articulate nominated procurement and the unfolding supply chain consequences. Based on in-depth interviews and fieldwork in the Sri Lankan apparel supply chain, the findings indicate that buyers accomplish sustainability compliance among their sub-suppliers while prioritizing their own business agenda. In doing so, however, buyers perpetuate “suboptimal compliance” of raw material suppliers and “sandwiching” of direct suppliers as harmful consequences on the supply chain. These consequences link theoretically with commercial, geographical, compliance and extended-compliance pressure. This article contributes to the advancement of the Sustainable Supply Chain Management literature by theorizing about nominated procurement, direct and indirect pressure, and pointing to the supply chain consequences beyond achievements in sustainability compliance.

Business networks

Sustainability compliance

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Sandwiching

Emerging economies

Nominated procurement

Författare

Enrico Fontana

Handelshögskolan i Stockholm

Chulalongkorn University

Christina Öberg

Karlstads universitet

Örebro universitet

The Ratio Institute

León Poblete

Uppsala universitet

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Service Management and Logistics

Journal of Business Research

0148-2963 (ISSN)

Vol. 127 179-192

Ämneskategorier

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Annan maskinteknik

Miljöledning

DOI

10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.040

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2021-04-29