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Cooperation with international NGOs and supplier assessment: Investigating the multiple mediating role of CSR activities in SMEs
- Source :
- Industrial Marketing Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Elsevier, 2019, ⟨10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.001⟩, Industrial Marketing Management, Elsevier, 2019, 84, pp.50-62. ⟨10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.001⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- International audience; Nontraditional supply chain stakeholders, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), may be able to affect the adoption of CSR practices in supply chains. However, little is known about how companies cooperate with international NGOs to handle supplier assessment. Using partial least squares structural equation modelling, we establish a parsimonious model that links cooperation with international NGOs to supplier assessment through three CSR dimensions: economic, environmental and social. Data collected from eight thousand SMEs in the transportation industry generally support the hypotheses. Moreover, our findings reveal that SMEs' size matters in the relationships between cooperation with international NGOs, CSR practices, and supplier assessment. Overall, this paper provides unique insights into the role that SME CSR activities play in the relationship between cooperation with international NGOs and supplier assessment.
- Subjects :
- Marketing
Supply chain
05 social sciences
Affect (psychology)
Structural equation modeling
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
0502 economics and business
Corporate social responsibility
Transportation industry
050211 marketing
Business
050203 business & management
Industrial organization
Corporate social responsibility International nongovernmental organizations Small- to medium-sized enterprises Sustainable supply chain management
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00198501
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Industrial Marketing Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Elsevier, 2019, ⟨10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.001⟩, Industrial Marketing Management, Elsevier, 2019, 84, pp.50-62. ⟨10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.001⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7376ee4b9648b0f42fbab619201f8347