..., it examines how green new products introduced by luxury fashion houses (LFHs) act as credible sustainability signals, shaping consumer perceptions and behaviors. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 541 respondents who had experienced high-end luxury retail stores across China's tier-1...

...Vimal Kumar; Ankesh Mittal; Pratima Verma; Jiju Anthony Purpose This study explores the incorporation of digital technologies in the context of the food industry’s attempts to achieve operational excellence (OPEX) and support sustainable transformation. This study also aims to investigate...

... sustainable growth in business operations. Thus, optimizing both forward and reverse logistics paths has become crucial. However, many e-commerce platforms focus primarily on forward logistics, often neglecting the optimization of return logistics. In this study, we distinguish between return logistics...

...Shuang Tian; Lin Wu; Kulwant S. Pawar Purpose Characterised by simultaneous food waste and shortages, our current food system is far from sustainable. Industry 4.0 has responded with technology-enabled innovations, including digital food-sharing platforms aimed at facilitating the efficient...

...Ali Pourranjbar; Sajjad Shokouhyar; Mohammad Hossein Shahidzadeh; Ethan Nikookar; Sina Shokoohyar; Zahra Pirmoradian Purpose Given the growing emphasis on environmental consciousness and sustainability as core principles within most companies, product-service systems are recognized as strategic...

... of firm performance, with a particular focus on how SCT affects sustainability in terms of its economic, social, and environmental dimensions as well as supply chain resilience. It proposes potential avenues for enriching SCT in future research. Lujie Chen can be contacted at: lujie.chen@xjtlu.edu.cn...

... transformation Institutional theory Sustainability Secondary data analysis The concept of digital transformation (DT) has gained significant attention in the manufacturing industry as it revolutionizes traditional industrial production to create additional value and opportunities (Chen et al...

...Fu Jia; Kexin Li; Tianyu Zhang; Lujie Chen Purpose Sustainability is of growing significance in the contemporary business landscape as organizations strive to minimize their environmental impact and optimize supply chain (SC) operations. Gaining insights into the influence of Triple A SC practices...

...Yongtong Chen; William Chung Purpose Sustainable supplier selection is of vital importance in sustainability decision of supply chain under carbon neutrality. Multi-criteria decision-making approaches are widely used in sustainable supplier selection and generally classified the involved criteria...

.... Therefore, this study aims at identifying and subsequently analyzing the antecedents of DSC for CE. Design/methodology/approach The study identifies major antecedents of DSC for CE to achieve sustainability objectives through literature review and expert opinions. In this study, 19 potential antecedents...

... of innovation in the context of circular economy. However, current concepts and models are fragmented and impractical. This paper aims to develop a holistic view integrating the three bodies of knowledge – industrialisation, ecologicalisation and digitalisation (IED) – in order to achieve sustainable...

...Shobod Deba Nath; Abul Khayer; Jeta Majumder; Suborna Barua Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the intention to adopt blockchain technology (BT) in operations and supply chain and to explore the moderating role of sustainability-oriented supplier development...

... Supply chain management Marketing Sustainability Organizations and managers should be cognizant of the potential impact to supply chain stakeholders throughout the PD decision-making process (Zhu et al., 2020a , b). These impacts need to be managed in the short term and may affect...

...Shuo Shan; Yongyi Shou; Mingu Kang; Youngwon Park Purpose This study aims to investigate sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) through the lens of socio-technical system (STS) theory. Specifically, it examines the individual and synergistic effects of social and technical integration on two...

...Joseph Sarkis; Mahtab Kouhizadeh; Qingyun Serena Zhu Purpose This study provides a reflective overview on the role of traditional and emergent digitalization and information technologies for leveraging environmental supply chain sustainability – while reflecting on potential trade-offs...

...Xiang Ji; Bingru Guan; Guowei Liu Purpose Selection of standardized modular containers (SSMC) is counted as one of the most important driving factors that ensure the Physical Internet (PI) to realize the varieties of goals of sustainability simultaneously, thus overcoming the great challenge...

...Shekhar Shukla; B.K. Mohanty; Ashwani Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight an innovative approach to explore and evaluate the sustainability perspectives in e-commerce channels for additive manufacturing (AM). This approach helps the stakeholders to perform strategic planning...

...-effect relationships identified will be the base for performance improvement. As a business target, sustainable development involves the attempt to balance economic, environmental and social performance (Jabbour and Jabbour, 2009 ; Lee et al., 2009). The main driver for “green” supply chain...

...Chunguang Bai; Purvi Shah; Qingyun Zhu; Joseph Sarkis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify how organizations can evaluate the green product deletion decision within an environmentally sustainable consumption and production environment through a hybrid multistage multiple criteria...

...Fahham Hasan Qaiser; Karim Ahmed; Martin Sykora; Alok Choudhary; Mike Simpson Purpose Decision making in logistics is an increasingly complex task for organizations as these involve decisions at strategic, tactical and operational levels coupled with the triple-bottom line of sustainability...