Purpose: This paper draws on the perspective of social networks to examine when 3PLs initiate low-carbon supply chain integration (LCSCI) in decarbonising supply chains. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 348 Chinese 3PLs. Stepwise regression was...

Purpose: To dilute the financial difficulties in agricultural production and operation, the Chinese government has actively explored and developed rural supply chain finance (RSCF) service systems. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and analyze the performance of RSCF systems in China....

This dissertation focuses on two topics in semiparametric statistical methods and their applications in medical science: (1) prediction of patients? lifetimes based on their risk profiles; (2) estimation of dynamic exposure effects on survival outcomes. In Chapter II, we develop multiple...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to employ an emerging phenomenon in China concerning collaborative carbon emission reduction (CCER) to investigate: first, the coordination of suppliers and manufacturers within supply chains to reduce carbon emissions, and second, the role of governmental...

This book gathers together invited presentations from the 12th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS2017) held in Beijing, China, August 20-23, 2017. The focus of the ICLS2017 was environmental sustainability in logistics and supply chains, particularly in the Asia-Pacific...