Multilevel drivers of social sustainability in developing food supply chains: the role of food safety management systems

An Duong Thi Binh is a member of CIRTech Institute, HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She conducted doctoral research at the Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan under a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). She is also serving as Supply chain manager at Nipro Sales Vietnam Co. Ltd. - a Japanese leading medical device manufacturer. Her research interests include supply chain risk management, quality and supply chain management, statistics, and data science. She has published on these topics in high-quality academic journals such as the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Behaviormetrika, Smart Innovation, Systems, and Technologies. She has also conducted some research projects on these topics in (1) Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, (2) the Systems and Production Department, University of Minho, Portugal, and (3) the School of Industrial Management – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam.

Tram Thi Bich Nguyen is the lecturer at Faculty of Business Administration, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam. She received PhD degree from University of Liverpool, UK in 2019, fully sponsored by the Vietnamese Government, British Council and European Commission. Her works on global supply chain management have been presented at EurOMA conferences as well as published on ISI/Scopus indexed journals. Her research interests are related to food supply, innovative and transformation of logistics systems and global supply chains management.

Toan Luu Duc Huynh is an academic economist who focuses his work on applied economics, economic policy, and political economy. He is currently a senior lecturer at University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His education includes postgraduate study (MPhil) at the Toulouse School of Economics in France and doctoral work at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. His research has been shared through various media outlets and blogs like VoxEU, Atlantico, and Columbia Law’s Blog, and it has been accepted in academic journals such as Nature Scientific Reports, Nature Communications, Regional Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, Economics Letters, and the Financial Review. In addition to his research, Toan assists with the editing of several academic journals. He is a Co-Editor at Evaluation Review (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/erx), a journal that emphasises the thorough evaluation of public programs and policies in various policy areas and academic disciplines. He is also an Editor at International Finance (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14682362), a journal that supports accessible, policy-relevant writing in macroeconomics and finance, grounded by solid theory and empirical analysis. Currently, he is contributing to a special issue titled “Wars, Economic Sanctions, Economic Behaviors, and Institutions” for the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

Hiep Cong-Pham is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovaton in the Business School, RMIT Vietnam. He holds a PhD and EMBA from RMIT International University, and a Master in Advanced Information Systems and Management from University of New South Wales, Australia. He is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research areas are cyber security behaviour, supply chain management and educational technologies. Dr Pham also provides expert advice to enterprises on business system analysis and integration.

Thinh Gia Hoang earned his Ph.D. in Business and Management from RMIT University and is currently a lecturer at the International School of Business, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His research focuses on sustainable business models, supply chain sustainability, blockchain-enabled business applications, and innovation management. His work has been published in prominent academic journals and scholarly books, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Business Strategy and the Environment, European Journal of Development Research, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, and the Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in the Asian Context and holds the position of associate editor for Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.

Huy Quang Truong serves as a Lecturer and Research Cluster Lead of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, at RMIT International University, Vietnam. He holds important management positions such as Purchasing Manager cum Warehouse Manager at Nipro Vietnam Co., Ltd., a Japanese leading medical device manufacturer. He got a Ph.D. degree from Kyoto University, Japan, with research interests including but not limited to supply chain management, risk, quality, sustainability, digitalisation, etc. He has published on these topics in high-quality academic journals such as the International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Business Process Management Journal, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, etc. He has also conducted some research projects on these topics at (1) Kyoto University, (2) the University of Minho, Portugal, (3) University of Girona, Spain, (5) Reutlingen University, Germany, (6) Vienna University, Austria and (7) Bach Khoa University, Vietnam under the funding support of Japanese Government - Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (2015–2018), Japan International Cooperation Agency (2015–2018), the Kyoto University–Japan (2017), Bach Khoa University–Vietnam (2014–2015), Erasmus Mundus of the European Commission through Techno Project (2015) and AREAS Project (2013–2014), Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal (2013–2014), Programa Operational Fatores de Competitividade (COMPETE) - Portugal (2013–2014), the TL-STIFUNG Foundation–Germany (2013), Toshiba corporation–Vietnam (2010–2013), Dam Phu My corporation–Vietnam (2010), etc. More information in https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huy-Truong-Quang.