I argue that, beyond sustainability theater, companies will never produce something that their customers will not buy or that they have to sell at a loss. Similarly, legislators will not enact substantial regulations contrary to the desires of their citizens, lest they be voted out of office

Consumers choose economic development over serious climate initiatives. Corporations don’t invest in meaningful change because consumers won’t pay for it. And governments cannot lead if citizens won’t follow. The battle to prevent climate change through behavior modification, regulation,...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Managing Supply Chains: Three Organizational Roles -- Chapter 3: Scenario Planning: A Tool for Organizational Learning and Foresight -- Chapter 4: Designing Scenarios to Aid Strategic Planning in Supply Chains -- Chapter 5: Scenario Creation in Supply Chain...

Purpose: In line with the knowledge-based view of organizations, this paper aims to analyze how supply chain (SC) employees contribute to the creation of competitive advantage through knowledge acquisition and utilization activities. The authors consider SC employees' skills and competencies,...

Much has been written about Covid-19 victims, how scientists raced to understand and treat the disease, and how governments did (or did not) protect their citizens. Less has been written about the pandemic's impact on the global economy and how companies coped as the competitive environment was...

"As Yossi Sheffi began researching this book, he and his team noticed a gap: not only between companies that pay lip service to the idea of sustainability but do not change their practices, but also between consumers who say that sustainability is important to them but are unwilling to pay more...