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Sustainability in Supply Chains with Behavioral Concerns

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2019) | Viewed by 21007

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ciwei Dong

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School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
Interests: sustainable operations; sustainable supply chain; sustainable service management
Dr. Qingying Li

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Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Interests: sustainable service operations; sustainable supply chain management; sustainable fashion business
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Dr. Bin Shen

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Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Interests: supply chain management; operations management; new technology and innovation
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Dr. Xun (Bruce) Tong

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Department of Operations, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: socially responsible supply chain management; projects management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability issues have received considerable attention, both in industrial sectors and academia. When making decisions, individuals may have different preferences or emotional concerns, which significantly affect the economic and environmental performance of supply chain management.  To this end, it is critical to consider the impact of human behaviors on sustainability issues in supply chain management.

In this Special Issue, we aim to publish state-of-the-art research concerning sustainability issues in supply chains with behavioral concerns. In the supply chain management context, a behavioral concern can exist at the organizational (e.g., firm) or the individual (e.g., consumer) level. The scope of behavioral issues include, but not limit to, consumer environmental awareness, risk attitude, fairness concern, regret, strategic behavior, bounded rationality, etc. We seek research works that employ quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies, such as analytical modeling, empirical analysis, simulation, and case studies. We also invite interested authors to contribute comprehensive review articles (survey articles) to this Special Issue.

Dr. Ciwei Dong
Dr. Qingying Li
Dr. Bin Shen
Dr. Xun (Bruce) Tong
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Sustainability
  • Cleaner production
  • Sustainable supply chain
  • Reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain
  • Environmental performance
  • Energy efficiency
  • Environmental awareness
  • Environmental management system
  • Behavioral concerns

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Editorial
Sustainability in Supply Chains with Behavioral Concerns
by Ciwei Dong, Qingying Li, Bin Shen and Xun Tong
Sustainability 2019, 11(15), 4051; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154051 - 26 Jul 2019
Cited by 17 | Viewed by 3340
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Environmental sustainability has received considerable attention in industry and academia. Many firms have begun to adopt sustainability practices, such as investing in cleaner technology and using organic or recyclable materials, to enhance sustainability in supply chains. Such sustainability practices affect corporate social responsibility [...] Read more.
Environmental sustainability has received considerable attention in industry and academia. Many firms have begun to adopt sustainability practices, such as investing in cleaner technology and using organic or recyclable materials, to enhance sustainability in supply chains. Such sustainability practices affect corporate social responsibility and business performance. On the other hand, when consumers and supply chain managers make decisions, they may be constrained by behavioral concerns. Behavioral concerns can significantly influence optimization in supply chains. Thus, it is critical to consider the impacts of behavioral concerns on sustainability in supply chains. In this paper, we concisely examine studies in sustainability issues in supply chains with behavioral concerns and introduce the papers featured in this Special Issue. Full article
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How Does Licensing Remanufacturing Affect the Supply Chain Considering Customer Environmental Awareness?
by Zongbao Zou, Fan Wang, Xiaofan Lai and Jingxian Hong
Sustainability 2019, 11(7), 1898; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11071898 - 29 Mar 2019
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As sustainability issues are receiving increasing attention in society, in recent years many manufacturers have been adopting remanufacturing via technology licensing. This paper uses a game theory approach to investigate this strategy of a manufacturer under a closed-loop supply chain consisting of one [...] Read more.
As sustainability issues are receiving increasing attention in society, in recent years many manufacturers have been adopting remanufacturing via technology licensing. This paper uses a game theory approach to investigate this strategy of a manufacturer under a closed-loop supply chain consisting of one supplier, one manufacturer, and one third-party remanufacturer (TPR), with the consideration of customer environmental awareness. In particular, the supplier supplies the components to the manufacturer and the manufacturer adopts technology licensing remanufacturing via the TPR. We explicitly characterize the reactions between the supplier and the manufacturer as being in equilibrium after adopting the technology licensing. We find that only when remanufacturing is a potential threat to the supplier is the performance of the supply chain improved and the double marginalization effect effectively eliminated. Moreover, remanufacturing by technology licensing only increases the profit of the manufacturer, but decreases the profit of the supplier. Interestingly, contrary to traditional wisdom, the existence of remanufactured products does not reduce the quantity of new products. Furthermore, remanufacturing by technology licensing may not always improve the environment, but customers in the market have environmental awareness that facilitates remanufacturing. Full article
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The Impact of Warranty Efficiency of Remanufactured Products on Production Decisions and Green Growth Performance in Closed-Loop Supply Chain: Perspective of Consumer Behavior
by Xiaodong Zhu and Lingfei Yu
Sustainability 2019, 11(5), 1420; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051420 - 07 Mar 2019
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Consumers cannot fully assess the quality of remanufactured products prior to purchase. To reduce consumer risk, closed-loop supply chains adopt a warranty strategy to enhance perceived value among customers and stimulate green growth. Based on Stackelberg game theory and considering consumers’ low-carbon and [...] Read more.
Consumers cannot fully assess the quality of remanufactured products prior to purchase. To reduce consumer risk, closed-loop supply chains adopt a warranty strategy to enhance perceived value among customers and stimulate green growth. Based on Stackelberg game theory and considering consumers’ low-carbon and remanufactured product preferences, this paper aims to explore the decision-making efficiency of closed-loop supply chains with warranty services. The results of the study show that consumers’ confidence in purchasing remanufactured products has increased the demand for new products and remanufactured products, in turn also increasing the interest of the member companies of the supply chain, and stimulating the realization of the potential value of remanufacturing, which is conducive to green growth. When a remanufactured product warranty period meets certain conditions, the member companies of the supply chain can obtain optimal profit. The optimal warranty entity selection of a closed-loop supply chain with a warranty service depends on the warranty efficiency of each entity, thus making it necessary to examine the products of each warranty party. Full article
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Optimal Battery Recycling Strategy for Electric Vehicle under Government Subsidy in China
by Yuan Shao, Xudong Deng, Qiankai Qing and Yajuan Wang
Sustainability 2018, 10(12), 4855; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124855 - 19 Dec 2018
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Motivated by the increasing environmental concerns about the used electric vehicle batteries in China, an electric vehicle manufacturer’s battery recycling strategy under government subsidy was studied. A consumer utility function was used to capture consumer environmental awareness associated with battery recycling and the [...] Read more.
Motivated by the increasing environmental concerns about the used electric vehicle batteries in China, an electric vehicle manufacturer’s battery recycling strategy under government subsidy was studied. A consumer utility function was used to capture consumer environmental awareness associated with battery recycling and the game-theoretical approach was applied to analyze the interaction between the government and the manufacturer. It was found that, with an exogenous government subsidy, the manufacturer either recycles all the batteries, or it does not recycle any batteries if the impact of the recycling scale on costs is unremarkable; otherwise, the manufacturer recycles some used batteries when the benefit from recycling is moderate. Interestingly, an increased subsidy causes the manufacturer’s battery recycling rate to decrease if the subsidy is sufficiently large. When the government subsidy is endogenously, either full recycling, no recycling, or partial recycling can still arise. The optimal battery recycling rate and social welfare are lower in a non-cooperative game than in a cooperative game if the benefit from recycling is relatively low. The main findings were numerically justified with realistic subsidy data in China. The numerical results indicate: (1) the optimal battery recycling rate locates in a closed interval from 0 to 1 given an exogenous or an endogenous government subsidy, and it decreases with the subsidy when the subsidy is not less than 50% of the production cost of electric vehicle; (2) the social welfare first increases to a maximum value and then decreases as the subsidy increases; and (3) the optimal battery recycling rate increases significantly and the social welfare is improved when there is cooperation between the government and the manufacturer. Full article
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Measuring Perceived Corporate Hypocrisy: Scale Development in the Context of U.S. Retail Employees
by Saheli Goswami, Jung Ha-Brookshire and Wes Bonifay
Sustainability 2018, 10(12), 4756; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124756 - 13 Dec 2018
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Despite an increasing amount of research on perceived corporate hypocrisy (PCH), limited research has investigated PCH among employees. Particularly, the literature lacked a valid instrument for estimating employees’ PCH, even though employees experience severe consequences for PCH. To address this gap, a scale [...] Read more.
Despite an increasing amount of research on perceived corporate hypocrisy (PCH), limited research has investigated PCH among employees. Particularly, the literature lacked a valid instrument for estimating employees’ PCH, even though employees experience severe consequences for PCH. To address this gap, a scale was developed to measure employees’ PCH, using a three-stage Item Response Theory modeling approach. After a series of qualitative studies and six quantitative scale-development iterations, PCH was found to be a unidimensional construct represented by the perceived lack of morality, perceived control breach, double standards, and a value‒behavior gap. Further, the nine-item PCH scale was confirmed to be reliable, valid, and unbiased for different demographic groups. The scale makes theoretical contributions by being one of the few attempts to objectively measure employees’ hypocrisy judgements and incorporating corporations’ double standard and perceived commitment to morality as defining features of employees’ PCH. Assessment of employees’ PCH can help in expanding the hypocrisy literature beyond consumers’ perceptions. Finally, the scale enables corporations to measure employees’ PCH and get an in-depth understanding of the issues of concern as work and organizational phenomena. By implementing proper management strategies, corporations can potentially avoid PCH, create more favorable perceptions among employees, and improve their reputations. Full article
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