Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems
The worsening climate, biodiversity, and inequity crises have existential implications. To help resolve these crises, supply chains must move beyond a minimal harm approach. Instead, supply chains must make positive contributions to and harmoniously integrate with the living systems around them. Des...
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| author | Gualandris, Jury Branzei, Oana Wilhelm, Miriam Lazzarini, Sergio Linnenluecke, Martina Hamann, Ralph Dooley, Kevin J. Barnett, Michael L. Chen, Chien-Ming |
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| description | The worsening climate, biodiversity, and inequity crises have existential implications. To help resolve these crises, supply chains must move beyond a minimal harm approach. Instead, supply chains must make positive contributions to and harmoniously integrate with the living systems around them. Despite agreement on this urgent need, supply chain management research still lacks a shared roadmap for establishing economically sustainable supply chains that actively regenerate social–ecological systems. This essay deepens the understanding of regenerative supply chains, inviting supply chain scholars and practitioners to rally around timely questions and codevelop new answers. We first scrutinize the paradigmatic assumptions that continue to anchor contemporary research and practice in supply chain management, showing how these once helpful assumptions now hold the community back from seeking much needed solutions. We then offer real-world examples and synthesize emerging arguments from multiple disciplines to propose three new principles of regenerative organizing: proportionality, reciprocity, and poly-rhythmicity. We also delve into the implications of pursuing these regenerative principles for supply chain coordination, governance, and resilience. Finally, we reflect on the fit of empirical research designs and methods for examining the creation of new regenerative supply chains and the conversion of existing supply chains. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1799952024-09-12T15:36:07Z Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems Gualandris, Jury Branzei, Oana Wilhelm, Miriam Lazzarini, Sergio Linnenluecke, Martina Hamann, Ralph Dooley, Kevin J. Barnett, Michael L. Chen, Chien-Ming Nanyang Business School Business and Management Adaptation Climate change The worsening climate, biodiversity, and inequity crises have existential implications. To help resolve these crises, supply chains must move beyond a minimal harm approach. Instead, supply chains must make positive contributions to and harmoniously integrate with the living systems around them. Despite agreement on this urgent need, supply chain management research still lacks a shared roadmap for establishing economically sustainable supply chains that actively regenerate social–ecological systems. This essay deepens the understanding of regenerative supply chains, inviting supply chain scholars and practitioners to rally around timely questions and codevelop new answers. We first scrutinize the paradigmatic assumptions that continue to anchor contemporary research and practice in supply chain management, showing how these once helpful assumptions now hold the community back from seeking much needed solutions. We then offer real-world examples and synthesize emerging arguments from multiple disciplines to propose three new principles of regenerative organizing: proportionality, reciprocity, and poly-rhythmicity. We also delve into the implications of pursuing these regenerative principles for supply chain coordination, governance, and resilience. Finally, we reflect on the fit of empirical research designs and methods for examining the creation of new regenerative supply chains and the conversion of existing supply chains. Published version 2024-09-09T05:03:26Z 2024-09-09T05:03:26Z 2024 Journal Article Gualandris, J., Branzei, O., Wilhelm, M., Lazzarini, S., Linnenluecke, M., Hamann, R., Dooley, K. J., Barnett, M. L. & Chen, C. (2024). Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 60(1), 53-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12314 1523-2409 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179995 10.1111/jscm.12314 2-s2.0-85180859806 1 60 53 67 en Journal of Supply Chain Management © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Supply Chain Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Business and Management Adaptation Climate change Gualandris, Jury Branzei, Oana Wilhelm, Miriam Lazzarini, Sergio Linnenluecke, Martina Hamann, Ralph Dooley, Kevin J. Barnett, Michael L. Chen, Chien-Ming Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title | Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title_full | Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title_fullStr | Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title_short | Unchaining supply chains: transformative leaps toward regenerating social–ecological systems |
| title_sort | unchaining supply chains transformative leaps toward regenerating social ecological systems |
| topic | Business and Management Adaptation Climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179995 |
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