Mimicking natural ecosystems to develop sustainable supply chains: A theory of socio-ecological intergradation
Mimicking natural ecosystems to develop sustainable supply chains: A theory of socio-ecological intergradation
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模仿自然生态系统发展可持续供应链：社会生态一体化理论
DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.109
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
D. Power
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作者：
Richard L. Gruner;D. Power
对于大多数公司来说，可持续供应链实践的发展仍然具有挑战性。利用理论构建方法，我们发展了社会生态整合理论，为管理者提供模仿自然生态系统的指导，以发展更多的本地和可持续的供应链。社会生态整合是指社会（组织）系统和生态（环境）系统的逐渐融合，将企业的重点从全球供应链优化转移到建立更具区域性、社会生态联系的运营。根据自然生态学和工业生态学文献，本文确定了模仿自然生态系统和提高供应链（包括它们最终依赖的生态系统）的环境可持续性的五项原则。本文进一步说明了这些原则在环境和供应链背景下的含义，以及它们如何协调一致，导致更可持续地设计和管理供应链。在构建社会生态整合理论的过程中，本研究首次尝试将生态原则应用于供应链，在可持续供应链管理、商业伦理和工业生态学科之间建立协同和对话。
For most firms, the development of sustainable supply chain practices remains challenging. Using a theory-building approach, we develop a theory of socio-ecological intergradation to provide managers with guidance in mimicking natural ecosystems to develop more local and thus sustainable supply chains. Socio-ecological intergradation refers to the gradual merging of social (organizational) and ecological (environmental) systems to shift a firm’s focus from global supply chain optimization to building more regionally bound, socio-ecologically connected operations. Drawing on the natural and industrial ecology literature, the paper identifies five principles that mimic natural ecosystems and increase the environmental sustainability of supply chains, including the ecological systems they ultimately depend on. The paper further illustrates what these principles mean in both an environmental and a supply chain context and how, in concert, they can lead toward more sustainably designed and managed supply chains. In building a theory of socio-ecological intergradation, this research is one of the first attempts to apply ecological principles to supply chains, creating synergy and dialogue between the sustainable supply chain management, business ethics, and industrial ecology disciplines.
影响因子：
14.6
作者：
Martijn Gough
通讯作者：
Martijn Gough