Else, T., Choudhary, S. and Genovese, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-4634 (2022) Uncovering sustainability storylines from dairy supply chain discourse. Journal of Business Research, 142. pp. 858-874. ISSN 0148-2963
Abstract
Food supply chains are key to ensuring sufficient nourishment of the population. For instance, taking a circular economy approach can help facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices, such as the use of technology to combat food waste issues. Yet, creating intrinsically sustainable production systems remains complex, given differing stakeholder perspectives, structures and approaches that can be entrenched along supply chains.
Based on an empirical investigation conducted in the UK dairy supply chain, and implementing a critical discourse analysis, this paper aims at gaining an understanding how sustainable storylines are either propagated or supressed by different stakeholders. The paper contributes to the theoretical debate on power in supply chains through the lens of cultural hegemony and the discourse coalition concept, leading to the theoretical contribution of this work: an explanation of how a self-perpetuating cycle of legitimacy helps a storyline become, and remain, dominant.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Business Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Sustainable supply chains; Cultural hegemony; Discourse coalitions; Critical discourse analysis; Dairy industry |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) nan EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 823967 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2022 14:14 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.023 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:182997 |