Purpose: The “Internet of Things (IoT)” is a platform for involving smart devices via the Internet at a worldwide scale. It supports the “supply chain (SC)” and “information and communication technology (ICT)” infrastructure to be well integrated into an organization and externally...

Purpose: This study caries a survey approach using the expert's interview and literature to select the important criteria to select and evaluate the third-party reverse logistics providers (3PRLPs) in manufacturing companies. In total, 16 criteria are selected to evaluate 3PRLPs, and these...

Customers’ pressure, social responsibility and government regulations have motivated the enterprises to consider the Reverse Logistics (RL) in their operations. Recently, companies frequently outsource RL to Third-Party Reverse Logistics Providers (3PRLPs) to concentrate on their prime concern...

In the digital economy, innovators have to deal with the value-capture problem, which necessitates different capabilities. They need to be fully aware of the dynamics of platforms and ecosystems. Such capabilities are needed to enable technologies mainly focused on in the present study. The...