Sustainable practices in cashew supply chains: a multi-case study in the scenario of small and medium-sized companies

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https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v13n2.2022.43054

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Práticas sustentáveis, Motivações, Dificuldades, Certificação

Resumen

This research analysed the motivation and difficulties behind adopting sustainable practices in small and medium-sized companies in the cashew industry supply chains (SMEs). The literature provides the main concepts of sustainable practices, motivation and difficulties in adopting practices in the context of SMEs. A multiple case study methodology was used. Two supply chains processing cashew nuts and cashew pulp in the state of Ceará were analysed. The implications of managing sustainability along the supply chain of SMEs, when they are still focal companies, lie in the fundamental importance of partnerships with research and business assistance organisations and the trust established with suppliers. To corroborate the research findings, the literature recognises that relationships are highly personal in SME supply chains.

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Frediano da Silva Jales, Master in Business Administration, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

Master in Business Administration from the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR; Scholarship holder by FUNCAP (Cearense Foundation for Support to Scientific and Technological Development); Specialization in Strategy and Innovation at Faculdade Diocesana de Mossoró – FDM and Graduated in Business Administration from Universidade Potiguar - UnP.

Daiane Mulling Neutzling, PhD in Business Administration, Professor, Postgraduate Program in Administration, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

Bachelor in Economics at the Catholic University of Pelotas, Master in Agribusiness, and Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Rio Grande do Sul, with a sandwich period at the University of Kassel, Germany. Associate Professor in Business Administration at Post-Graduation Program in Business Administration at the University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Gustavo Picanço Dias, Doctor in Business Administration, Professor, Postgraduate Program in Public Management, Federal University of Piauí, Picos, PI, Brazil

Graduated in Business Administration, Master in Economics and Doctor in Business Administration from the University of Fortaleza – UNIFOR, with a sandwich period at the University of Kassel in Germany.

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2022-08-30

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Jales, F. da S. ., Mulling Neutzling, D., & Dias, G. P. (2022). Sustainable practices in cashew supply chains: a multi-case study in the scenario of small and medium-sized companies. Sustainability in Debate, 13(2), 67–95. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v13n2.2022.43054

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Vol. 13 Núm. 2 (2022): Sustainability in Debate / Sustentabilidade em Debate

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