Integration of Theoretical Perspectives on Sustainability in Global Value Chains
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https://doi.org/10.55444/2451.7321.2017.v55.n1.28362Keywords:
governance, upgrading, institutional theory, stakeholder theory, critical management studiesAbstract
Organizational sustainability, conceived as the balanced or tense relationships among economic, social and environmental dimensions, is a concept that has been addressed by the Global Value Chain [GVC] approach from different perspectives. The purpose of this work is to develop a conceptual framework that integrates some of these perspectives, organized in three groups: managerial, institutional and critical. After a literature review of the most relevant theoretical approaches on sustainability in GVC, a conceptual framework was constructed, which complements and moderates the traditional tenets in upgrading assessment in GVC, concluding that an integrate analysis makes a contribution over the separate perspectives.
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