(Supply Chain Forum An International Journal, 2014-01-01) Acosta Collazos, María del Pilar
Although many multinational companies are engaged in formal
sustainability programs in order to upgrade social and environmental
conditions within their supply chains, little is known about adoption at
the supplier’s level. Using neo-institutional theory and building on an indepth
case study of a middle-sized supplier of a multinational company in
the food industry in Latin America, we explore how the firm integrates
the requirements of a supplier development scheme and to what extent
these demands are diffused to next-tier suppliers. Beyond coercive
pressures, our results reveal the role of embedding sustainability demands
into local network ties to foster adoption and diffusion in the upstream
chain.
