Opportunism risk in service triads – a social capital perspective
AbstractPurpose– The authors aim to conceptually show how social capital between service buyer and partner firm in a service triad impacts the service buyer's opportunism risk regarding the service...
View ArticleCharacterising spatial logistics employment clusters
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is twofold. First to identify economic activities and broader spatial logistics functions that characterise an urban setting, and second to delineate...
View ArticleReverse logistics information system success and the effect of motivation
AbstractPurpose– Information systems (IS) play a substantial role in managing reverse logistics (RL) processes. However, the RL literature rarely takes a holistic approach to examining the “success” of...
View ArticleInformation sharing in supply chains, myth or reality? A critical analysis of...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate what empirical evidence exists regarding benefits of information sharing in supply chains, and to identify potential gaps and opportunities...
View Article‘Packaging logistics’: promoting sustainable efficiency in supply chains
AbstractPurpose - The main aim of this paper is to examine the aspects of internal and external transformation that take place in each company along the supply chain when a "sustainable packaging...
View ArticleThe benefits of the emissions trading mechanism for Italian firms: a...
AbstractPurpose - This study tests the impact of Internal and External Environmental Management (EM) on performance to verify the Emission Trading (ET) mechanism’s effectiveness. It aims to investigate...
View ArticleReducing transportation emissions – a reaction to stakeholder pressure or a...
AbstractPurpose - This paper evaluates why companies reduce transportation emissions by examining the relative importance of external drivers vs. internal motives for companies in considering CO2...
View ArticleOrganizing product recovery in industrial networks
AbstractPurpose - Increasing attention to sustainability has made product recovery issues increasingly significant. Although several studies portray product recovery arrangements as networks, these...
View ArticleNon-response bias assessment in logistics survey research: use fewer tests?
AbstractPurpose - The current research considers the concepts of individual and complete statistical power used for multiple testing and shows their relevance for determining the number of statistical...
View ArticleChina-based Logistics Research: A Review of the Literature and Implications
AbstractPurpose - The aim of the paper is to investigate the extent to which research opportunities on China’s logistics have been identified in the field.Design/methodology/approach - In order to...
View ArticleDelphi-Based Strategic Issue Management: Crafting Consumer Goods Supply Chain...
AbstractPurpose - Consumer goods supply chains are characterized by continuously changing customer trends. Early detection of these trends is crucial for deriving successful long-term supply chain...
View ArticleThe Impact of Transaction Costs and Institutional Pressure on Supplier...
AbstractPurpose - Suppliers play a more significant role in the environmental footprint of supply chains than most final manufacturers. This purpose of this paper is to apply transaction costs and...
View ArticleUsing a multiple-informant approach in SCM research
AbstractPurpose - This article reviews the current state of survey-based SCM research that employs a multiple-informant perspective. Recommendations on how to rigorously conduct such research are...
View ArticleEffective sourcing strategies for perishable product supply chains
AbstractPurpose - This paper assesses whether an existing sourcing strategy can effectively supply products of appropriate quality with acceptable levels of product waste if applied to an international...
View ArticleImplementing sustainability on a corporate and a functional level: Key...
AbstractPurpose - To identify contingencies that are inherently linked to sustainability and that influence its implementation in companies. Further, to identify which coordination mechanisms (organic...
View ArticleHuman resource management issues in supply chain management research: a...
AbstractPurpose - With today’s increasing globalization and associated growing demand for talented supply chain managers, human resource management (HRM) in supply chain management (SCM) has emerged as...
View ArticleAN MCDA-C APPLICATION TO EVALUATE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE
AbstractPurpose - The objective of this article is to develop a Performance Evaluation Model for the operations of the supply chain of an organization of the refrigeration equipment sector. The tool...
View ArticleReverse Logistics of Recovery and Recycling of Non-Returnable Beverage...
AbstractPurpose - This paper analyses the processes of collecting used non-returnable packaging. The objective is to increase the quality and quantity of recycling material used in the production of...
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