This paper introduces sustainability to the field of service companies, expands the conceptualization of sustainability beyond the triple bottom line to consider key supporting facets which are posited to be requisites to sustainable practices and finally implements the proposed framework in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prioritize 21 healthcare wastes in public and private hospitals of United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach – Seven healthcare wastes linked with lean management are further decomposed in to sub-criteria and to deal with this...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present a purchasing portfolio model for determining purchasing strategy at the component level of a product to support business strategy, addressing weaknesses in the often cited Kraljic‐type models. The work draws on Fisher's model to match supply...