Sustainability in Supply Chains [electronic resource] : A Study on the Effects of Sustainability on Supplier-Buyer Relationships / by Thomas Leppelt.

Sustainable supplier relationship management -- Marketing of sustainable supply chain management capabilities in business markets -- Drivers of marketing-purchasing integration at the supplier level.

Sustainability advanced to an omnipresent topic among academics and business leaders, while at the same time a growing share of a firm’s total expenditure accounts for purchased materials and services. Yet, academic research still lacks a detailed understanding of how sustainability considerations affect the relationship between buyers and suppliers in a competitive supply chain setting. With his three articles on Sustainability in Supply Chains, Thomas Leppelt contributes to extant literature across the disciplines of supply chain management and marketing by cross-functionally investigating the effects of sustainability on supplier-buyer relationships from both a supplier and a buyer perspective. Contents ·         Sustainable supplier relationship management ·         Marketing of sustainable supply chain management capabilities in business markets ·         Drivers of marketing-purchasing integration at the supplier level     Target Groups ·         Researchers and students in the fields of supply chain management, marketing, and management ·         Managers and experts who are interested in strategically managing their supply chain towards sustainability     About the Author Dr. Thomas Leppelt received his doctor’s degree from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg in business administration at the Chair of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Evi Hartmann. He is working in the automotive industry. In his research he focuses on sustainability aspects in interdependent supply chain settings.