Buyer-supplier engagement leads to numerous opportunities for unexpected positive benefits to occur. How these events come about and are managed (i.e., what entities are responsible for the outcomes and how the benefits are shared) remains an under-investigated phenomenon in the supply chain...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a theorization of the unintended consequences of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Design/methodology/approach: The authors integrate extant theory of unintended consequences, sustainable supply chain management and paradox theory to...