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Sustainable procurement : Building legitimacy in the supply network

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  • Florence Crespin-Mazet

    (Euromed Marseille - École de management - Association Euromed Management - Marseille)

  • Emmanuelle Dontenwill

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

Abstract

The challenges introduced by sustainable development deeply affect purchasing and supply management practices and therefore foster a change in the firm's supply network. After a literature review on supply network management, sustainable sourcing and legitimacy, this paper presents the results of an in-depth case study of a gardening distributor which adopted a sustainable strategy. The analysis illustrates how the firm conquers its legitimacy in sustainable development through the evolution of its supply network. The paper highlights three types of legitimacy – product legitimacy, corporate legitimacy and cause legitimacy – and reveals the different roles of business and non-business actors in the firm's extended sustainable supply network.

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  • Florence Crespin-Mazet & Emmanuelle Dontenwill, 2012. "Sustainable procurement : Building legitimacy in the supply network," Post-Print hal-02312717, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02312717
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2012.01.002
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