According to the United Nation's global development network, UNDP, an organization advocating for change and to help people build a better life, the Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary composite index that measures a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human...

We consider the problem of a single manufacturer who sells its products to a single retailer. The manufacturer puts in some effort for greening its operations, and the retailer also puts in a corresponding greening effort in retailing the product. Their respective greening efforts are considered...

Environmental consciousness has become increasingly important in present times, as evident by the examples from both everyday life and business practices. In the manufacturing sector, the efforts to reduce the impact of environmentally harmful activities have collectively been labeled as green...