Sustainability Management within Supply Chains – A Resource Dependence View
基于资源依赖理论，通过多案例研究，分析了促进和阻碍供应链中可持续性管理的因素，发现核心企业未必将自身可持续议程转化为供应商管理机制，并提出了新理论解释组织内外的可持续性管理如何受商业案例、控制机制、权衡、信任和市场自由化的影响。
Abstract Proceeding from three basic concepts of resource dependence theory – organizational effectiveness, interdependence and external control – we conducted a multiple‐case study to investigate factors that facilitate and hinder sustainability management within supply chains. Our empirical observations highlight that focal firms do not necessarily transfer their own corporate sustainability agendas into control mechanisms for managing the sustainability of their suppliers. Based on this insight, we develop a new theory that explains how intra‐ and interorganizational sustainability management is affected by a firm's business case for promoting sustainability, control mechanisms, trade‐offs, trust and market liberalization. The theory offers new insights into drivers and barriers for effective interorganizational sustainability management, whereas previous theories could not fully explain the reasons for diverging sustainability management practices in supply chains. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment