Miriam Wilhelm

TL;DR: In this paper, the double agency role of the first-tier suppliers in multi-tier supply chains is investigated, and the conditions under which firsttier suppliers will act as agents who fulfill the lead firm's sustainability requirements and implement these requirements in their suppliers' operations (i.e., the secondary agency role).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the interplay of the supplier-supplier and network of analysis by focusing on the inherent tension between cooperation and competition, using a multiple case study design in the Japanese and German automobile industries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the sustainability management strategies of buying firms in the food, apparel, packaging, and consumer electronics with regard to second-tier suppliers and beyond, and found four different characteristic MSC types: open, closed, third party, and "don't bother".

TL;DR: It is shown that the deliberate use of ambiguity and explicitness can function as a countervailing mechanism against overemphasizing either exploration or exploitation and that "requisite security" can help to motivate suppliers to address the paradoxical tensions deliberately created by buying firms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a paradox perspective and argue that sustainability and other business aims are not always compatible, particularly in an emerging market context, and explore how purchasing and sustainability managers within buying firms make sense of and respond to paradoxical tensions in SSCM.