Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption
On one hand businesses can be criticized by non-governmental organization (NGOs) scrutiny, on the other hand companies can be supported from NGOs to remove the barriers and positively influence on customer perceptions. The aim of this study is to critically assess the role of NGOs in sustainability...
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| author | Nezakati, Hossein * Fereidouni, Meghdad Abbasian Bojei, Jamil Ho, Jo Ann |
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| description | On one hand businesses can be criticized by non-governmental organization (NGOs) scrutiny, on the other hand companies can be supported from NGOs to remove the barriers and positively influence on customer perceptions. The aim of this study is to critically assess the role of NGOs in sustainability two different perspectives, namely, “coercive view” and “supportive view.” This study may benefit the NGOs partnering with Multination Companies (MNCs) to identify the effect of this partnership on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Also, SMEs and MNCs can use the framework to mind more the role of NGOs in their SSCM. Using literatures support, This Study found that, NGOs support MNCs can lead to MNCs reputation and empowering, whereas this relationship make some barrier in SMEs’ sustainability practice by increasing costs of new market entry. Moreover, SMEs can use NGOs support to remove adoption barriers and increase their profits. |
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| spelling | sunway-20182022-04-26T03:29:18Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2018/ Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption Nezakati, Hossein * Fereidouni, Meghdad Abbasian Bojei, Jamil Ho, Jo Ann HD28 Management. Industrial Management On one hand businesses can be criticized by non-governmental organization (NGOs) scrutiny, on the other hand companies can be supported from NGOs to remove the barriers and positively influence on customer perceptions. The aim of this study is to critically assess the role of NGOs in sustainability two different perspectives, namely, “coercive view” and “supportive view.” This study may benefit the NGOs partnering with Multination Companies (MNCs) to identify the effect of this partnership on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Also, SMEs and MNCs can use the framework to mind more the role of NGOs in their SSCM. Using literatures support, This Study found that, NGOs support MNCs can lead to MNCs reputation and empowering, whereas this relationship make some barrier in SMEs’ sustainability practice by increasing costs of new market entry. Moreover, SMEs can use NGOs support to remove adoption barriers and increase their profits. Econjournals 2016-10-04 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2018/1/Coercive%20or%20supportive.pdf Nezakati, Hossein * and Fereidouni, Meghdad Abbasian and Bojei, Jamil and Ho, Jo Ann (2016) Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues (IJEFI), 6 (6S). pp. 27-30. ISSN 2146-4138 https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/3105 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Nezakati, Hossein * Fereidouni, Meghdad Abbasian Bojei, Jamil Ho, Jo Ann Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title | Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title_full | Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title_fullStr | Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title_short | Coercive or supportive: an assessment of NGOs role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| title_sort | coercive or supportive: an assessment of ngos role in sustainable supply chains adoption |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2018/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2018/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2018/1/Coercive%20or%20supportive.pdf |