In the context of the transformation toward a "green economy," issues related to natural resource use have rapidly increased in importance in European and international policy debates. The large number of studies applying economy-wide material flow analysis so far mostly produced aggregated...

Supply chains are exposed to many types of risks and it may not be obvious where to keep safety stocks in the supply chain to hedge against those risks, while maintaining a high customer service level. In this paper, we develop an approach to determine the safety stock levels in supply chain...

The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation in its transition to production of electric vehicles. This paper seeks to examine the main transformations taking place in global value chains in the automotive industry as a result of this transition. The analysis follows a...

While global supply chains have recently gained attention in the context of the Covid-related crisis as well as the war in Ukraine, their role in transmitting and amplifying climate-related physical risks across countries has received surprisingly little attention. To address this shortcoming,...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in International Journal of Technology Management, published by and copyright Inderscience Publishers.

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Regional Studies, published by and copyright Routledge.

The research presented in this paper has focussed on exploring buyer—supplier relationships from a human perspective. The research has been successful in exploring issues affecting buyer—supplier relationships. A methodology for aligning supply chains by taking into account human issues has...

Soziale Medien spielen eine paradoxe Rolle für Interessenvertretung in globalen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken. Zum einen bieten Social-Media-Plattformen Arbeitnehmer*innen und Gewerkschaften dieMöglichkeit der Mobilisierung über geografische und institutionelle Distanzen hinweg. Zum anderen...

Im durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung und das österreichische Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus geförderten Forschungsprojekt NutriSafe wurde die Studie „NutriSafe Monitor – Resilienz und Blockchain-Technologie in Lebensmittelproduktion und...