Building a relationship with the maritime supply chain partners is considered imperative for organisations to survive and remain competitive. Yet, several studies that examined the maritime supply chain have not adequately explored nor assessed the relationship constructs that impacts maritime...

The pressure on companies towards sustainable development is changing the way they are dealing with their supply chain network. Practices are not limited to the company level. They are involving suppliers, customers, government, society and other stakeholders that impact and are impacted by the...

This publication presents a methodology for planning sustainable supply chain initiatives, consisting of three scopes, each with its appropriate mechanism and background theory. The first one 'Acting In' structures organizational practices in a 'Framework for Managing Sustainable Supply Chain...

The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence has sparked fierce debate about the regulation of supply chains. The directive's objectives are aligned with European values. However, it raises concerns that the compliance costs of social and environmental regulations may be privatised in...

Ein Risiko der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise ist, dass partnerschaftliche Beziehungen zwischen Herstellern und Zulieferern auf der Strecke bleiben. Überwiegend erhielten deutsche Automobilhersteller bisher nur befriedigende Bewertungen bei ihren Zulieferbeziehungen. Demgegenüber gilt das...

Supply security is threatened by technical, business, natural and policy shocks, as well as geopolitical tensions. Is there a rationale for policy intervention? If yes, what are efficient and effective measures that achieve de-risking? This article first explains why private incentives do not...

This paper analyses a new framework for decision-making in e-democracies that exploits the power of Internet based public knowledge, which is called briefly e-cognocracy. This is not a procedure to improve technical aspects using the Internet (e.g. e-voting); it is rather a procedure to add a...

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wurde ein auf Künstliche Intelligenz gestütztes Kon- zept zur Bewertung und Optimierung der Transportplanungsqualität für die Stahl- und Metalllogistik ausgearbeitet und seine Praktikabilität mithilfe methodischer Untersuchungen nachgewiesen. Somit soll die...

Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie zufrieden pflegebedürftige Menschen, die häusliche Pflege in Anspruch nehmen, mit den Leistungen ihres Pflegedienstes sind. Im Rahmen einer empirischen Feldstudie, die in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Caritasverband des Kreises Soest...