This research aims to shed light on the formulation of returns management strategies and to identify key returns management components in developing more effective returns management strategies. Anchored in supply chain orientation and supply chain alignment research, we use a multiple...

The trend toward increased levels of business interconnectedness in the value chain has clouded the issue of responsibility for business practices. Firms have historically denied responsibility for many questionable practices by suggesting that such acts were committed somewhere else in the...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model of business development that provides operational ways to increase the competitive presence of more micro and small ventures (both actual and new) in enlarged markets, including international ones. Design/methodology/approach -...

Energy firms are the beneficiaries and initiators of innovation, and energy investments are a crucial area of business activity that is specially protected in any country. This is no wonder, as energy security is the basis for the functioning of states and economies. The Internet of Things and...

The concept of a supply chain exists for over twenty years but partners and configuration selection process still is rather unstructured. In order to increase value in any supply chain, a more comprehensive and integrative approach is required to select the right partners and establish the right...

Many high-tech supply chain operate in a context of high process and market uncertainties due to shorter product life cycles. When introducing a new product, a company must manage the cost of supply, including the cost of returns over its short life cycle. The returns distribution looks like a...

In the last two decades, logistics and supply chain has moved to the center stage due the growing recognition that it is through an effective management of the logistics function that the goal of cost reduction and service enhancement can be achieved. The key to success in Supply Chain...