Multinational firms and sustainability in global supply chains: scope and boundaries of responsibility

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Marano, Valentina; Wilhelm, Miriam; Kostova, Tatiana; Doh, Jonathan; Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd
• 署名单位: Northeastern University; Vienna University of Economics & Business; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Villanova University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00706-6
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 413-428
• 关键词: sustainability; Multinational corporations; Global supply chains; Suppliers; CSR; Supply chain management

摘要

Multinational corporations and their global suppliers are increasingly expected to employ sustainability practices throughout their supply chains. As such, the global scope of corporate sustainability - including the notion of 'full-chain responsibility' - is a concern for firms, governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders. We evaluate the state-of-the-art of sustainability research on multinational firms and global supply chains, bringing together insights from two literatures that have examined this topic: international business and supply chain management. The articles in the Special Issue advance the research frontier by highlighting both macro impacts of legal and societal pressures as well as micro-processes of bargaining power, managerial sensemaking, and transparency to inform the relationships between global firms and their suppliers. Collectively, the research included in this Special Issue reflects a notable shift in focus from the former (macro) to the latter (micro). We elaborate on the benefits of incorporating additional notions such as power, opportunism, and negotiation in global supply chain research against the background of cross-country variation in legal and societal pressures. This would allow a more in-depth understanding of the dynamic relationships between multinational corporations, their multi-tier supplier networks, and other stakeholders that jointly shape the sustainability agenda.