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Data-Driven Optimisation of Urban Freight Transport Using the Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology
Urban ScienceUrban freight transport systems are increasingly recognised as a critical factor in metropolitan sustainability. In the case of Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city, persistent congestion, logistical inefficiencies and environmental pressures have ...
Tarak Barhoumi +2 more
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Energies, 2022 An efficient urban freight transport (UFT) system is crucial for sustainable city development. However, implementing city logistics measures still seems challenging for municipalities and decision-makers.
Kinga Kijewska +3 more
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Property owners as possible game changers for sustainable urban freight
Research in Transportation Business and Management (RTBM), 2021 Commercial activity and the underlying freight movements supporting them are essential to urban life. Unfortunately, urban freight has negative effects on sustainability and requires innovative approaches to enhance the positive aspects and minimize the ...
A. Brettmo, Iván D. Sánchez-Díaz
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Growth Strategy of Circular Startups
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular startups (CSUs) play a crucial role in the circular transition by developing circular business models (CBMs) that minimise resource use and narrow material and energy loops. However, empirical research on how CBMs shape growth strategies and how ecosystems enable or constrain scaling remains limited.
Gustavo Dalmarco +3 more
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Urban Freight—Competition for Space in Densely Populated Cities
Sustainability, 2021 This paper assesses the effects on urban freight transportation of implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. BRT systems have been widely implemented in Latin American cities in recent decades, with positive results driven by their high capacity and ...
Paola Andrea Cruz-Daraviña +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah +3 more
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Defining the interface between city logistics and urban design: a systematic literature review
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary PerspectivesLogistics services have become crucial in shaping urban spaces and influencing urban dynamics. However, despite growing scholarly and policy attention in recent years, their implications for urban design remain unevenly addressed and insufficiently ...
Jiayu (Joslyn) Sun +2 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022 The paper deals with the interaction between freight flows, land use, and economy of a suburban area. In urban freight distribution, the process of freight acquisition of commercial establishments represents a crucial element.
Giuseppe Battaglia +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui +1 more
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