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<sec><h3>Background and research aims</h3>
<p>Since scholarly texts on management have been criticised as being no longer effective in communicating today's changing sociocultural, disciplinary, and practical contexts, my purpose in this paper is to conceptualise the identity options management authors can assume to communicate disciplinary knowledge and beliefs.</p>
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<sec><h3>Theoretical perspective</h3>
<p>The theoretical perspectives involved in this analysis include selected aspects of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_018">Harré and van Langenhove's (1999)</xref> positioning theory that I linked with my model of writer identity as a trichotomy of selves (individual self, collective self, depersonalised self), textually conveyed in the three types of voice (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_031">Lehman, 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ijcm-2021-0007_ref_032">Lehman and Sułkowski, 2020</xref>).</p>
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<sec><h3>Key findings</h3>
<p>Based on this conceptual framework, specific advice is provided as to how academics can create a reader-inclusive or authoritative writer persona in their texts. In doing so, I support the recent efforts in Critical Management Studies (CMS) to ‘write differently’ in order to address the aesthetic, moral, and political concerns of writing in the field.</p>
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Exploring identity positionings in scholarly texts on management

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<sec><h3>Purpose</h3>
<p>Different stakeholders with varying degrees of influences pressure companies to adopt more sustainable practices. The aim of this paper is to investigate and analyse how stakeholder influences and risks may impact the sustainability of supply chains (SCs). Social, environmental, and economic concerns are addressed by a company's engagement with different players in the supply chain. Respectively, companies become more vulnerable from exposure in their SCs and need to balance the pressures from stakeholders and sustainable practices to develop suitable risk mitigation practices.</p>
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<sec><h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>
<p>The authors use a qualitative approach by means of a systematic literature review to examine the empirical data on the way managing stakeholder influences and risks impacts sustainability for supply chains (SCs) from dependable databases: Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus.</p>
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<sec><h3>Findings</h3>
<p>The findings of the analysis show that knowledge management, collaboration, and top management commitment is a prerequisite for effectively managing various stakeholder influences and risks for sustainable supply chains. Consequently, further research could identify conflict stakeholder interests and analyse distinct stakeholder influences in various industries and the negative effects these influences in themselves may pose.</p>
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<sec><h3>Originality/value</h3>
<p>This paper provides insight into the relevance of bridging the gap for Sustainable Supply Chain Management in terms of value creation and sustainable development.</p>
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The degree of stakeholder influences and risks in sustainable supply chains: a systematic literature review

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<sec><h3>Background</h3>
<p>The article presents the situation of franchises in the sector of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in Poland following the transformation of the political system and transition to a market economy. The first section of this paper presents the definitions and theoretical bases of franchises, both from the viewpoint of foreign and national literary sources. The second section describes the current status of franchises by taking account of the legislative regulations that facilitate conducting business activities of this type in Poland.</p>
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<sec><h3>Research aims</h3>
<p>The principal aim of this paper is to indicate the research findings based on the analysis of the content of franchising agreements for shopping chains from the FMCG sector operating in Poland.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methodology</h3>
<p>Research revealed the main differences in the soft systems and hard franchises. The research encompassed agreements involving 18 different trading networks operating from the FMCG sector.</p>
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<sec><h3>Findings</h3>
<p>Both the differences and the similarities encompass a multitude of areas that are conditioned by contractual stipulations, and the ultimate decision relating to participation in a soft or hard franchise should rely on careful analysis of all the elements indicated in the research, not only with regard to the costs or level of discounts, but also in terms of retrospective bonuses from suppliers and manufacturers indicated by the system organizer.</p>
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Systems of hard and soft franchises in the FMCG sector in Poland

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