Sustainable Supply Chains Models, Methods, and Public Policy Implications

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Other Authors: Boone, Tonya (Editor), Jayaraman, Vaidyanathan (Editor), Ganeshan, Ram (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • By the Numbers: A Visual Chronicle of GHG Emmissions
  • Sustainable Supply Chains for Bio-Based Fuels and Chemicals
  • Organizing for Sustainability: Exploratory Analysis of the Healthcare Industry
  • Supply Chain Network Design of a Sustainable Blood Banking System
  • From a Caged Tiger to a Sauntering Elephant: Sustainability as a Driver for Profit and Innovation in Indian IT Companies
  • LEED Certification: A Case Study
  • A Primer on e-Waste
  • Product Take-Back Legislation and Its Impact on Recycling and Remanufacturing Industries
  • Product Disposition Decisions on Closed-Loop Supply Chains
  • Product Labeling, Consumer Willingness to Pay & Supply Chain
  • Carbon Footprinting: A Supply Chain Approach
  • Making the Business Case for Sustainability Related Investments Through a Single Financial Metric
  • Incorporating Life-Cycle Economic and Environmental Factors in Managerial Decision-Making
  • Performance Measurement and Evaluation for Sustainable Supply Chains using Rough Set and Data Envelopment Analysis