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Responsabilità sociale d'impresa nelle filiere internazionali della grande distribuzione
Get PDFLa responsabilità sociale d’impresa ha acquisito importanza nelle percezioni dei consumatori e di conseguenza in tutte le imprese che operano con un approccio consumer-oriented. In effetti, nelle aziende attente alle politiche di marketing e ai comportamenti di acquisto dei consumatori emerge una correlazione positiva fra performances aziendali e una trasparente responsabilità sociale d’impresa.
La responsabilità sociale d’impresa ricopre un’importanza critica in tutti i settori economici, compreso quello della distribuzione commerciale.
Inoltre, il distributore appare facilmente in grado di assumere un ruolo attivo nel sostenere e nel governare filiere socialmente responsabili, soprattutto quando la loro articolazione si estende al di là dei confini nazionali
Small suppliers' selection criteria and logistics innovation within large retailers-led supply chains
No full textThis study focuses on the selection criteria adopted by large retailers in their relationships with small and medium sized suppliers and the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and logistics innovation for the supply chain improvement.
An empirical research on a sample of 70 Italian firms in the food sector was conducted adopting a suppliers' perspective. Results revealed a connection between the size of suppliers, the size of retailers and closeness of relationship between partners, on one side, and the adoption of ICT and logistics innovation for vertical relationships, on the other side
CSR for retailers' led channel relationships: Evidence from Italian SME manufacturers
Get PDFThis paper analyses the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies by small and medium manufacturers which are involved in supplying relationships with large retailers. The purpose of the paper is to examine CSR drivers within large retailers' supply chains. A quantitative empirical research was conducted focusing on the food sector, as a sector in which traceability, supplier’s coordination and control are critical to the supply chain. Data collection was performed through a questionnaire addressed to 89 Italian SME manufacturers to explore the main factors influencing the adoption of CSR and the level of formalization of the related policies.
Findings revealed the key role of large retailers for the establishment of a sustainable/ethical supply chain. An attenuation of the hierarchic/conflictual perspective in buyer-seller relationships emerged, with a reduction of margin-compression effects for smaller suppliers as a consequence of power imbalances. A relevant consequence of CSR is a relationship development model in which all the involved subjects can benefit, including smaller partners inside the supply chains
Innovation in marketing channel: the perspective of SME suppliers in large retailers’ supply chains
No full textSME Food Suppliers versus Large Retailers: Perspectives in the International Supply Chains
Get PDFThe market share of international retail chains substantially increased from the beginning of the nineties. The supplier’s market has been adapted to the evolutions of retailers’ market in terms of modified purchasing processes. Due to these changes, the requirements for food industry suppliers grew in number and quality. The paper shows how the relationship between suppliers and retailers is affected by several important changes, above all at international level. In particular, the analysis is focused on the Italian food SME suppliers related with large retailers. In-depth interviews to 89 Italian food SME suppliers have been conducted in 2008. Results have been analyzed and compared to the retailers’ point of view, resulting from public reports (such as Annual report, CSR report, etc.). Considering the selection criteria used by retailers, one of the main results of the analysis is that the growth of small and medium suppliers is stimulated when they operate with international large retailers. At the same time, the pressure on price and the required organizational qualifications lead to a selection process in which smaller manufacturers seem to be the more vulnerable actors
ICT innovation for buyer-seller relationships in international supply chains
No full textThis study focuses on the adoption of ICT innovation for international supply chains managed by large retailers. Three areas of innovation have been analyzed. The first is related to information and communication technology (ICT), the second to the joint management of supplying activities, and the third to collaboration on marketing issues, included end-customer analysis and joint marketing policies. An empirical research on a sample of 70 firms in the food sector was conducted adopting a suppliers' perspective. Results revealed a connection between the size of suppliers, the size of customers, on one side, and the adoption of ICT innovation for vertical relationships, on the other side
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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