IKEA: global sourcing and the sustainable leather initiative
IKEA: global sourcing and the sustainable leather initiative
The leather industry has traditionally been characterized by global operations across both developed and developing countries. Due to the long distance and contextual differences, there are numerous sustainability issues occurring along the global leather supply chain. Addressing these issues is both a responsibility and a challenge for multinational companies, especially in their global sourcing (GS) activities. This teaching case provides an example of implementing the sustainable leather initiative in the global sourcing process at IKEA. The case demonstrates IKEA’s sustainable leather initiative supported by its tailored GS strategy and GS structure and provides a benchmark of Sustainable GS for multinational companies and allows for a thorough discussion of how to implement a sustainability initiative while conducting GS. The case can be used to teach graduate/postgraduate in agricultural business, MBA and executive students on sustainable supply chain management and corporate social responsibility.
sustainable leather initiative, supply chain, global sourcing strategy, global sourcing structure, teaching case
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Jiang, Yan
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Jia, Fu
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Gong, Yu
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19 June 2018
Jiang, Yan
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Jia, Fu
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Gong, Yu
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Jiang, Yan, Jia, Fu and Gong, Yu
(2018)
IKEA: global sourcing and the sustainable leather initiative.
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 21 (5), .
(doi:10.22434/IFAMR2017.0109).
Abstract
The leather industry has traditionally been characterized by global operations across both developed and developing countries. Due to the long distance and contextual differences, there are numerous sustainability issues occurring along the global leather supply chain. Addressing these issues is both a responsibility and a challenge for multinational companies, especially in their global sourcing (GS) activities. This teaching case provides an example of implementing the sustainable leather initiative in the global sourcing process at IKEA. The case demonstrates IKEA’s sustainable leather initiative supported by its tailored GS strategy and GS structure and provides a benchmark of Sustainable GS for multinational companies and allows for a thorough discussion of how to implement a sustainability initiative while conducting GS. The case can be used to teach graduate/postgraduate in agricultural business, MBA and executive students on sustainable supply chain management and corporate social responsibility.
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Jiang et al. (2018) IKEA global sourcing and the susatinable leather initiative
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Accepted/In Press date: 6 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 June 2018
Published date: 19 June 2018
Keywords:
sustainable leather initiative, supply chain, global sourcing strategy, global sourcing structure, teaching case
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421943
ISSN: 1559-2448
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