Compared with ordinary products, environmentally friendly products (EFPs) usually have higher cost for R%D and uncompetitive price. Also, there may be technological renovation and policy uncertainty leading to volatility of demand, which causes high risk to firms in green supply chains....

Purpose – This paper presents a novel analysis of the UK food supply chains (FSC) within selected food product categories to reveal the drivers and changing patterns of the UK FSC structures. It demonstrates how the dynamics of different food sectors are changing and how structural changes are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of how the supply chain structure (i.e. degree of vertical integration) of a focal organization shapes the breadth of its portfolio of technologies. Design/methodology/approach – In total, three case studies were...