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A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance (2021)
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The transportation sector is consuming a high quantity of oil and producing air pollution, CO2 and allergies, as well as promoting the storage of goods in traditional warehouses. It is not only creating waste and environmental pollution but also incr... Read More about A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance.

Risk-taking behavior and the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drink among Australian, Dutch and UK students (2021)
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The relationship between risk-taking behavior, alcohol consumption and negative alcoholrelated consequences is well known. The current analyses were conducted to investigate whether alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) is related to risk-taking beh... Read More about Risk-taking behavior and the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drink among Australian, Dutch and UK students.

A set of efficient heuristics and meta-heuristics to solve a multi-objective pharmaceutical supply chain network (2021)
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In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective optimization approach for the pharmaceutical supply chain network (PSCN) design problem to minimize the total cost and the delivery time of pharmaceutical products to the hospital and pharmacy, while ma... Read More about A set of efficient heuristics and meta-heuristics to solve a multi-objective pharmaceutical supply chain network.

Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: A bibliometric-based review for future research (2021)
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Purpose: The role of data analytics is significantly important in manufacturing industries as it holds the key to address sustainability challenges and handle the large amount of data generated from different types of manufacturing operations. The pr... Read More about Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: A bibliometric-based review for future research.

Improving the sustainability of food supply chains through circular economy practices – a qualitative mapping approach (2021)
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodological approach to support qualitative analysis of waste flows in food supply chains. The methodological framework introduced allows the identification of circular food waste flows that can m... Read More about Improving the sustainability of food supply chains through circular economy practices – a qualitative mapping approach.

Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis (2021)
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Climate change is a threat to food security that has compelled government around the globe to adopt concrete measures to explore sustainable farming practices. This study, therefore, is focused on assessing the environmental and economic impacts of a... Read More about Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis.

Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments (2021)
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Implementation of human resource management (HRM) practices in Iran has been patchy and unenthusiastic despite them having been found to be beneficial in Western countries. To investigate this problem, survey data were gathered from 63 private sector... Read More about Working together: Factors affecting the relationship between leadership and job satisfaction in Iranian HR departments.

Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for a supply chain network considering different carbon emission regulations using big data characteristics (2021)
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Big data (BD) approach has significantly impacted on the development and expansion of supply chain network management and design. The available problems in the supply chain network (SCN) include production, distribution, transportation, ordering, and... Read More about Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for a supply chain network considering different carbon emission regulations using big data characteristics.

Inertia, boredom, and complacency in business-to-business relationships: Identifying and interpreting antecedents and manifestations (2021)
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While opportunism, a ‘dark side’ construct, has been discussed at length, inertia, boredom, and complacency, have received less attention. This is surprising given their detrimental effect on relationships. This study identifies antecedents and manif... Read More about Inertia, boredom, and complacency in business-to-business relationships: Identifying and interpreting antecedents and manifestations.

The value of incremental environmental sustainability innovation in the construction industry: An event study (2021)
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Investment in the innovation of environmental sustainability in construction has been encouraged due to the industry's resource-intensity. However, it remains unclear how to convince shareholders and construction companies to invest in environmental... Read More about The value of incremental environmental sustainability innovation in the construction industry: An event study.

Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: An empirical investigation (2021)
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While industrialized agro-food supply systems have gained tremendous success in recent decades, it has been increasingly criticized for its adverse environmental and social impact. Amongst this criticism, Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) have emerged... Read More about Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: An empirical investigation.