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Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Supply Chains

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Sustainable Supply Chains

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Sustainability issues are becoming more complex. Private companies respond to the new challenges with the pursuit of corporate social responsibility. One way to contribute to society and to deal with the increased pressure is by engaging in cross-sector partnerships with non-profit organizations. But under which conditions are these partnerships successful? Using a multiple case research design we study the challenges in the process of creating sustainable value for supply chains through cross-sector partnerships between pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations operating in developing countries. The chapter answers two research questions: (1) What are the challenges affecting the success of cross-sector partnerships to create sustainable value? (2) How can these challenges be addressed by Operations Management (OM)/Supply Chain Management (SCM) research?

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Notes

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    In order to address the current global challenges and move toward sustainable development, the UN has set up 17 goals: www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/.

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    http://www.aidsalliance.org

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    http://PEPAL.org

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    LBG Model: http://www.lbg-online.net/about-lbg/the-lbg-model.aspx

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    Strategic Community Investment: A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets: http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/60a5be8048855226aab4fa6a6515bb18/12014chapter8-.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=60a5be8048855226aab4fa6a6515bb18

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    The Partnering Initiative: Current practice in the evaluation of cross-sector partnerships for sustainable development

    http://thepartneringinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WP1_Evaluation.pdf

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    http://bixby.berkeley.edu/bixby-internship-zambia-2003/

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    http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY

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    http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-uganda.htm#footnote3_we9dl36

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  1. INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

    J. Balaisyte & L. N. Van Wassenhove

  2. Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany

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  1. Kedge Business School, Talence, France

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  2. Anderson School of Management, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Charles J. Corbett

  3. School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Jan C. Fransoo

  4. Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Tarkan Tan

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Balaisyte, J., Besiou, M., Van Wassenhove, L.N. (2024). Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Supply Chains. In: Bouchery, Y., Corbett, C.J., Fransoo, J.C., Tan, T. (eds) Sustainable Supply Chains. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45565-0_22

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