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An Adaptive Conjoint Analysis of Freight Service Alternatives: Evaluating the Maritime Alternative [PDF]
The growing interest towards a re-balancing of freight traffic over the different modes, has brought renewed focus on the "Motorways of the sea" as they have been defined by the EU Commission in the recently issued White paper (2001).
Angela S. Bergantino, Simona Bolis
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many firms set ambitious sustainability goals but these are frequently “displaced” by proxy goals that are easier to track and measure. However, the specific types of goal conflicts that follow from this displacement are poorly understood. We conducted a case study of circular innovation initiatives at a global MedTech company and identified ...
Wiebke Reim +2 more
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Studies in Trade and Investment: The Development Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation [PDF]
In Bangladesh, SMEs are very important players in the economy. About 90 per cent of all industrial units in Bangladesh are SMEs, which generate some 25 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), employ about 31 million people and provide 75 per cent ...
Muhammed Al Amin +2 more
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Design of an Intelligent Customer Identification Model in e- Commerce Logistics Industry
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The emergence of e-commerce in recent years has lead to revolutionary changes in the logistics industry, as e-commerce relies heavily on efficient logistics to deliver the online goods to customers in a short period of time.
Luk C.C., Choy K.L., Lam H.Y.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
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Transportation infrastructure and the border economy [PDF]
Trade ; Imports ; Exports ; Employment (Economic theory) ; North American Free Trade ...
Carlos Manzanares, Keith Phillips
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite growing attention to the circular bioeconomy (CBE), the steel industry currently lacks a standardised, sectoral measurement framework to facilitate a low‐carbon transition. In this study, a decision‐support framework for evaluating CBE performance in the steel industry is proposed.
Ali Zamani Babgohari +2 more
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Exploring Supply Chain Visibility for Circularity: A Delphi Approach
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular supply chains (CSCs) depend on enhanced supply chain visibility (SCV) to track and manage resource flows and thereby enable efficient decision‐making. Despite confronting silo mentalities, fragmented information, technological barriers, resistance to change, and a lack of standardization, data sharing remains crucial for SCV and ...
Tarun Kumar Agrawal +7 more
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Effect of Freight Forwarders' Services on Performance of Port Operations in Kenya
, 2020 The aim of the research was to determine the effect of freight forwarder services on performance of port operations in Kenya. This research employed a descriptive research design. The research used self-administered questionnaires to obtain main information. The target population was 202 employees including respondents used for reliability testing and
Rakam Kamar, Dr. Noor Ismail Shale
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Adaptive stated preference analysis of shippers? transport and logistics choice [PDF]
In this paper we propose a micro analysis of freight transport demand. Current research concentrates with few exceptions on shippers? choice of a transport mode and offers consistent evidence on the importance of characteristics. However, with globalised
Rico Maggi, Simona Bolis
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