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The importance of product design as a main determinant of process design has been emphasized in operations management literature for decades, but the direct and indirect impacts of product design on process and supply chain activities is a research area that has received less attention to date....
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sustainability considerations as defined from the triple bottom line should be incorporated and when. Results indicate that the most … important factors are the reaction of the customers to the sustainability performance of the product and its price. Attention …
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This paper discusses the benefits of using short sea shipping in intermodal transport for fruit and vegetables. Multi-Criteria Decision Making techniques are applied to determine optimal allocation between land and intermodal transport, including environmental externalities. A sensitivity...
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The topic of sustainability is becoming increasingly relevant to fashion; firms invest in projects of sustainable … the resulting concept of sustainability and its relations with luxury. …
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This working paper examines the evolution of concepts of the responsibility of business in a historical and global perspective. It shows that from the nineteenth century American, European, Japanese, Indian and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of business beyond making...
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This paper examines the influence of agri-food supply chains on the sustainability-related activities and decisions of … Scottish farmers, as well as the treatment of sustainability issues by food processors and retailers themselves. It is based on … of understanding and activities related to sustainability, but widespread acknowledgement that sustainability involves …
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Sustainability is significantly important for fashion business due to consumers’ increasing awareness of environment …. When a fashion company aims to promote sustainability, the main linkage is to develop a sustainable supply chain. This …
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Sustainability concerns are receiving increasingly attention by society and in turn, the food sector and consumers as … the food sector’s final customers. Investments towards improvements in sustainability along the chain are usually not … communication of sustainability to consumers and the cooperation through horizontal and vertical networking alternatives that could …
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This paper examines the influence of agri-food supply chains on the sustainability-related activities and decisions of … Scottish farmers, as well as the treatment of sustainability issues by food processors and retailers themselves. It is based on … of understanding and activities related to sustainability, but widespread acknowledgement that sustainability involves …
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