It has been a hard day. Sally and her children have just returned to the UK from a holiday abroad. It was just a short break. The flight took over six hours, but the luxury hotel in a tropical location was worth it. They are all tired, but it's time to get back to the real world--or Sally's...

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive impacts retailers of electronic and electric equipment across the European Union. However, there are differences between solutions developed at country level. As a consideration of the various models of closed-loop supply chain can...

This paper received Outstanding Paper Award 2010, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to introduce sustainability as a new dimension of information systems (IS) evaluation. Customers, policymakers and business partners increasingly require the...

The paper presents the results of a doctoral research related to Information Systems evaluation in context. The authors propose changes in the context, the new level of contextual analysis was added: the system context located between the internal and external context. The system context...

Purpose – This paper aims to present electronic procurement benefits identified in four case companies from the information technology (IT), hi-tech sector. Design/methodology/approach – Multi-case study design was applied. The benefits reported in the companies were analysed and classified...

Today, the terms supply chain and supply chain management are in common use. In the global economy, supply chain is part of everyday business across industries, and retailing is a leading example. On this 25th anniversary of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management we look at how the concept of...

This book focuses on the need to develop sustainable supply chains - economically, environmentally and socially.This book is not about a wish list of impractical choices, but the reality of decisions faced by all those involved in supply chain management today.Our definition of sustainable...

About this book: Presents the subject of e-business from a managerial approach, with a strong theoretical basis and critical underpinning which encourages academic rigour yet maintains its accessible style, ensuring students understand both the academic and practical principles underlying...

This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6th Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify...