Current Issue : October-December Volume : 2023 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
This article applies a bibliometric analysis approach to explore the concept of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) and its impacts using a relational technique on existing literature. It uses data sourced primarily from the Scopus database. A total of 652 documents by 1959 authors were retrieved based on narrowed search criteria to obtain relevant publications in the research area. Publications from 2017 to 2022 were used to conduct the analysis. The approach used both VOSviewer and bibliometrics for co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence, bibliographic coupling and co-citations to underscore the scientific evolution of the topic. The objective of the analysis is to identify predominant themes as well as emerging concepts related to the topic and to make significant theoretical contributions to the study area by providing future research directions. The result of the analysis highlights the main information, publication trends, impactful authors and sources, most cited documents, institutional productivity over time, co-authorship network, a threefold plot of the evolution of the research field, bibliographic coupling, keyword co-occurrence and prominent relationships. These are visually represented in tables and strategic diagrams for easy analysis and understanding of the state of the art in GSCM research. The review is an effort to identify theoretical gaps, guide researchers and industry professionals in their research and operations within the field of management with emphasis on GSCM and coordinate research efforts across and among countries and authors respectively....
Emerging global governance issues include economic, social and environmental problems. The COVID-19 pandemic and policies such as EU Green Deal and Brexit have led to great concerns about supply chains. Proactive strategies, adaptation and resilience are issues of significant importance for companies regarding seizing opportunities for business transformation. The evolution of crises associated with supply chains has been complex and resulted in widespread problems. Companies have enormous opportunities to revisit their business model and their strategic investment decision-making practices to play an active role in society. Industry 4.0 mechanisms, including big data, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics, have brought unprecedented standards of ethics, governance, accounting, and accountability to the new era of supply chains. Successful strategic investment decision-making practices require a proper understanding of stakeholders’ interests and expectations. Such understanding enables organizations to achieve effective planning and control of organizational and policy resources and successful value creation. Business model transformation towards a circular economy enables companies to achieve potential objectives, including increasing production efficiency, productivity, and quality, supplementing operational flexibility, contributing to safety issues and operational sustainability, and amalgamating the production system with stakeholders. The increasing concern about supply chain issues has raised a call for boardrooms to revisit their strategies toward sustainable supply chains. This paper aims to shed light on the contextual factors surrounding the new era of strategic investment decision-making practices in UK companies towards green sustainable supply chains and sustainable performance maximization. The methodology underlying this study is based on a qualitative paradigm. The study utilizes secondary data, mainly the recent studies related to current issues in governance surrounding business model transformation. The conceptualization underpinning this study is rooted mainly in stakeholder theory and resource-based perspective. The results of this study articulate the wider stockholders’ concern, and the debates underpinning this study have managerial and theoretical implications, including regulatory bodies, standard setters, decision-makers, and other stakeholders....
With the development of e-commerce, there is great potential in the rural e-commerce market with a large number of people. This article analyzes the huge opportunities for the development of rural e-commerce market and the problems in logistics and distribution. It is proposed that the problems of developing rural e-commerce logistics distribution are mainly due to the inappropriate logistics and distribution system, the lack of logistics and distribution talents, and the high distribution cost, which restrict the development of rural logistics and increase logistics costs. In order to promote the development of e-commerce in rural areas and enrich the logistics distribution system, it is proposed to improve rural logistics and distribution facilities, rationally plan distribution outlets, and vigorously cultivate rural e-commerce talents and combine urban and rural two-way logistics....
The development of smart cities presents new challenges and opportunities for the coordinated development of urban logistics and e-commerce supply chains. From a legal perspective, this paper studies the legal value of the coordinated development of urban logistics and e-commerce supply chains in smart cities. Specifically, this paper analyzes the current situation and development trends of urban logistics and e-commerce supply chains in smart cities, explores the concept and model of coordinated development, and analyzes the legal issues and challenges involved with practical cases. Finally, this paper proposes corresponding legal countermeasures and suggestions to provide legal support and protection for the coordinated development of urban logistics and e-commerce supply chains in smart cities....
Procurement is a key step in determining the quality and cost of an enterprise’s products, and the selection of procurement suppliers is one of the important factors in this key step. How to choose a qualified and satisfactory supplier is not only related to the future product quality, but also affects the control of procurement costs. This article mainly discusses the selection and development of suppliers, supplier performance evaluation, and how to strengthen the relationship management with suppliers, in order to expect the procurement department to select, utilize, and retain suppliers, in order to ensure procurement quality and improve product market competitiveness....
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