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Corporate Reputation (CR) is essential to value generation and is co-created between a company and its stakeholders, including supply chain actors. Consequently, CR is a critical and valuable resource that should be managed carefully along supply chains. However, the current CR literature is fragmented, and a general definition of CR is elusive. Besides, the academic CR debate largely lacks a supply chain perspective. This is not surprising, as it is very difficult to collect reliable data along supply chains. When supply chains span the globe, data collection is especially challenging, as the chain consists of multiple suppliers and subcontractors, positioned at different tier levels. Recognizing this, the paper examines firstly the current state of CR research through a systematic literature review from a business perspective. The review is combined with a bibliometric mapping approach to show the most influential research clusters, representative of CR research streams and their contributors. This process highlights that the connection between CR and supply chain issues represents a major research gap. Consequently, this paper introduces a research agenda connecting these the two traditionally separated research fields.
Author(s): von Berlepsch D, Lemke F, Gorton M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
Year: 2024
Volume: 189
Pages: 9-34
Print publication date: 01/01/2024
Online publication date: 13/10/2022
Acceptance date: 26/09/2022
Date deposited: 13/10/2022
ISSN (print): 0167-4544
ISSN (electronic): 1573-0697
Publisher: Springer Nature
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05268-x
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05268-x
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