Structuring strategic enablers of sustainable global value chain management

Malek Akhlagh, Esmaeil; Sangbor, Mohammad Ali; Javidi, Fatemeh; Rajabi, Javad

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran

² Ph.D. Student in Operation Research Management, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

³ PhD Student in Business Policy Management, Department of Business Management, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran

⁴ Ph.D. Student in Business Policy Management, Guilan University, Guilan, Iran

Abstract

Today, sustainable global value chain management is recognized as one of the prominent dimensions of global companies' competitiveness. Managers need a framework for strategic analysis, policy-making and decision-making with a sustainable development approach in order to adopt appropriate policies for the transition from a traditional value chain to a sustainable global value chain and to respond to stakeholder demands and external pressures. The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the appropriate strategic components for enabling global value chain management to achieve sustainability. Due to the scope of the research literature on various aspects of global value chain stability, the meta-synthesis method has been used in this research. Based on the research results, 171 components were identified and extracted, which are presented in the form of 40 themes and 8 categories, which are considered as components of the sustainable value chain management enabling model. The extracted categories are: drivers of sustainable value chain management development, external pressures, sustainable value chain management enablers, sustainable value chain management acts, social results of sustainable value chain management, environmental results of sustainable value chain management and economic results of sustainable value chain management.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2322200.1400.25.4.1.7

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Structuring strategic enablers of sustainable global value chain management

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Volume 25, Issue 4January 2022Pages 1-25

Volume 25, Issue 4
January 2022
Pages 1-25