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Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109165 Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains Bogie, Jill ichelp@gibs.co.za Parmessar, Reevash UCTD Sustainability-Oriented supplier development SMEs Relational governance Adaptive legitimacy Emerging markets Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. This study explores how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa experience Sustainability-Oriented Supplier Development (SSD) within evolving and institutionally fragmented environments. SSD has been recognised as a pathway toward inclusive industrialisation and sustainable competitiveness, yet limited research captures its dynamics in emerging economies. Guided by an interpretivist paradigm, the study adopted a qualitative, exploratory design using semi-structured interviews with SME owners and managers across manufacturing and service sectors. Data were analysed thematically through an inductive process. Findings indicate that policy, finance, infrastructure, and human capital shape SME engagement in SSD, functioning simultaneously as enablers and constraints. Relationships with corporates, financiers, government agencies, and mentors influence how SMEs sustain participation in sustainability practices. Two constructs, relational capability and adaptive legitimacy, emerged as explanatory mechanisms through which SMEs convert collaboration and trust into sustainable outcomes. The study offers a relational-ethical interpretation of SSD, highlighting sustainability as a negotiated and contextually adaptive process rather than a prescriptive model. The findings contribute insight for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to strengthen inclusive supplier-development ecosystems in emerging markets. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2026-03-23T09:35:57Z 2026-03-23T09:35:57Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109165 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainability-Oriented supplier development SMEs Relational governance Adaptive legitimacy Emerging markets Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title | Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title_full | Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title_short | Sustainability-oriented supplier development for SMEs: exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| title_sort | sustainability oriented supplier development for smes exploring challenges and opportunities for inclusive supply chains |
| topic | UCTD Sustainability-Oriented supplier development SMEs Relational governance Adaptive legitimacy Emerging markets |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109165 |