The relationship between legitimacy,reputation, sustainability and branding for companies and their supply chains |
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Authors: | Michael Czinkota Hans Ruediger Kaufmann Gianpaolo Basile |
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Affiliation: | 1. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, 402 Hariri Building, Washington DC 20057, United States;2. University of Nicosia, School of Business, 46, Makedonitissas Avenue, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus, International Business School at Vilnius University, Sauletekio al. 22, 10225 Vilnius, Lithuania;3. Territorial Systems Marketing, Department of Political, Social and Media Sciences, University of Salerno, 37, S.Pescatori, Avellino, 83100, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper aims at filling a gap that we perceive to exist in the scientific literature as to legitimacy, reputation and sustainability and their interrelationship to corporate and supply chain branding. A series of innovative theoretical frameworks are provided interrelating companies and their value (supply) chains with legitimacy, reputation, and branding which are essential conditions to achieve sustainability and competitive advantage based on dyadic and social context consonance to the benefit of society and all stakeholders involved. An urgently required better understanding of the concepts and their interrelations is enhanced by a synthesized explanatory basis entailing an eclectic mosaic of interdisciplinary theories (institutionalist, neo-institutionalist theories, the viable system approach, isomorphism and identity) to improve corporate and supply chain performance. To better inform managerial practice the theoretical considerations are spiced with case studies among which especially the currently debated supply chain case of the European horse meat scandal is illuminated suggesting concrete managerial cross-functional implications in the food industry. The paper culminates in the call for a newly to-be-established marketing stream we call ‘Sustainable and Curative Marketing’. |
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Keywords: | Legitimacy Supply chain Curative marketing |
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