Globalization and economic transition in China have profound impacts on Chinese seafarers in terms of both employment structure and professional perspectives. Regarding the latter, a ‘new professionalism’ is emerging, which can be distinguished from the ‘traditional professionalism’ in...

Performance across several dimensions such as delivery, quality, and product innovation is critical for the well being of organizations. While empirical research has examined the impact of various product development strategies and routines on performance variables, the understanding of the...

This paper introduces a research framework to identify barriers from a remanufacturing supply chain perspective including strategic (governmental) and operational dimensions. Using responses from expert practitioners in a truck engine remanufacturer in China, a grey-based Decision-Making Trial...

Stakeholders in the logistics industry have growing concern about the damage caused by logistics operations to the environment. Logistics service providers (LSPs) have taken steps to pursue environmental objectives by involving customers in their operations. This study defines greening...

To better satisfy various stakeholders, firms are seeking integrated practices that can enhance their sustainability performance, also well known as the Triple Bottom Line (3BL). The fashion industry exhibits potential conflicts with the spirit of sustainability because of the waste created by...

The literature on production economics has highlighted the importance of information exchange with supply chain partners for achieving performance gains. In addition to managing information to enable product flows, trading enterprises increasingly emphasize environmental management information...

Greening the supply chain is increasingly a concern for many business enterprises and a challenge for logistics management in the 21st century. Of particular concern is how to arouse organizational environmental awareness and put environmental activities into practice in the logistics activities...