Overview
- Gives a quick and evidence-based understanding of methods, applications and trends in sustainable operations
- Addresses sustainability in supply chains from both theoretical and practical perspectives
- Levels of analysis cover individual case studies, cross sector assessments and investigations with an international scope
- Presents studies conducted by internationally recognized experts focusing on various industries
Part of the book series: Greening of Industry Networks Studies (GINS, volume 5)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Performance Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Sustainability in Operational Processes and Specific Applications
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Covering the Social Dimension of Sustainability
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About this book
This book focuses on environmental and social factors in international supply chains and industry networks. It explores whether socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations are complementary or conflictive to economic targets. The book elaborates on innovative approaches to manage the economic, ecological and social performance in supply networks from different perspectives. In addition, it links sustainability to operational processes and illustrates specific application contexts. Moreover, it covers the social dimension of sustainability.
The rise of sustainability in management forces enterprises to revisit the concept of profitability that drives their operations. Social standards and ecological targets represent critical factors that challenge industry networks. The interplay of these goals requires new insights from scientific research and managerial practice. New approaches and systems are needed to minimize environmental and social harms and to promote sustainability.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marcus Brandenburg, Prof. Dr. habil., is Professor for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He has obtained a doctoral and a higher doctoral degree at the University of Kassel, Germany. His expertise includes model-based research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Marcus Brandenburg has authored numerous scientific journal papers and has also given various talks on that topic at scientific conferences. Moreover, he is co-editor of the book "Eco-Innovation and the Development of Business Models" published in the Springer book series “Greening of Industry Networks Studies”.
Gerd J. Hahn, Prof. Dr., is Professor of Operations Management and Process Innovation at German Graduate School of Management & Law in Heilbronn/Germany. He is a former top management consultant and has obtained a doctoral degree from Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt/Germany. His research interests include model-drivenapproaches and decision support systems for operations and supply chain management in the manufacturing sector. Moreover, Gerd Hahn is working on topics in the field of innovation management of industrial and logistics processes with a focus on strategy and leadership.Tobias Rebs, M.A. in Sustainable Management and Economics, is a research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Supply Chain Management of the University of Kassel, Germany. His research concentrates on stakeholder and risk management for sustainable supply chains. Methodologically, his expertise covers empirical research and content analysis as well as system dynamics modeling.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social and Environmental Dimensions of Organizations and Supply Chains
Book Subtitle: Tradeoffs and Synergies
Editors: Marcus Brandenburg, Gerd J. Hahn, Tobias Rebs
Series Title: Greening of Industry Networks Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59587-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59586-3Published: 25 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86656-7Published: 24 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59587-0Published: 13 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2543-0246
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0254
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 282
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations
Topics: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability Management, Corporate Environmental Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Faith, Spirituality and Business