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Liner shipping network design with autonomous vessels : economic and operational analysis under static and dynamic scheduling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Autonomous shipping technology has seen rapid growth in the last few years. Introduction of autonomous vessels may bring a wide range of benefits to the maritime industry such as cost savings, higher fuel efficiency, emissions reduction, richer data ...
Nguyen, Gam Thi Hong, Ruzaeva, Daria
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Achieving Immanent Organizational Ethics: Managing Paradoxical Tensions in Packaging

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms face strategic tensions in packaging materials through their conflicting but complementary social, environmental and economic goals in achieving sustainability. Reducing and repurposing plastics, glass, paper and cardboard in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture is proving a challenge.
Sitong Michelle Chen, Ralph J. Bathurst
wiley   +1 more source

Hub-and-spoke network design for liner shipping

open access: yes, 2016
For the purpose of cutting operating cost, more large vessels are built and deployed by liner shipping companies. The Hub and Spoke (H&S) network is commonly used in transportation industry to reduce total cost by consolidation in the hub ports.
Guo, Hao
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The Global Supply Chain Resilience Paradox as an Ethical Dilemma: Trade‐offs, Tensions, and Multilevel Strategies in Times of Crisis and Disruption

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines the resilience paradox in global supply chains, exploring how trade‐offs between economic and social‐ecological resilience escalate into managerial dilemmas under high environmental uncertainty. Using an abductive theory extension approach, we analyse a multinational automotive supply chain case during the Covid‐19 ...
Piotr Warmbier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liner shipping network design: decision support and optimization methods for competitive networks

open access: yes, 2014
Maritime shipping is by far the largest mode of transportation in terms of volume and value, with liner shipping being responsible for a significant amount of the goods transported. Liner carriers operate networks that consist of one or more liner services. A liner service provides a regular service between fixed ports with a fleet of vessels.
openaire   +2 more sources

African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Political Ideology and Environmental Strategy: Evidence From US Toxic Releases

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporate political ideology shapes firms' environmental strategy and realized environmental performance. Using US political donation data matched to facility‐level toxic releases from the Toxics Release Inventory from 2000 to 2014, we measure corporate ideology by the share of firm and PAC contributions directed to
Mingyuan Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of Lithium‐Ion Battery Circular Economy in Electric Vehicles in Sustainable Supply Chain

open access: yesBattery Energy, Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2025.
Lithium batteries constitute a pivotal component in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their rechargeability and high‐power output capabilities. ABSTRACT Lithium batteries constitute a pivotal component in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their rechargeability and high‐power output capabilities.
Mohsen Alizadeh Afroozi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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