Operations Management and Sustainability (eBook)

Luitzen de Boer is Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.Poul Houman Andersen is B2B Marketing Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark and Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.

Contents 5
Notes on Contributors 8
List of Figures 13
List of Tables 15
1: Sustainable Operations Management (SOM): An Introduction to and Overview of the Book 17
1 Background 19
References 27
Part I 29
2: Sustainable Operations Management (SOM) Strategy and Management: An Introduction to Part I 31
1 Sustainable Operations Strategy 32
1.1 Position-Based Approaches 33
1.2 Resource-Based Approaches 34
1.3 Disruption-Based Approaches 35
1.4 Explorative Versus Normative Approaches to Operations Strategy 36
2 Operations Management 37
3 The Contributions to Sustainable Strategy and Management Presented in This Book 38
References 39
3: Flexibility of Environmental Regulations and the Impact on Operations Innovation 42
1 Introduction 42
2 Literature Review 44
2.1 Flexibility of Environmental Regulations and Innovation 44
2.2 Theory Linking Operations Innovation to Competitive Advantage: The Resource-Based View (RBV) of a Firm from the Strategy Literature 45
3 Sample Selection and Survey 47
4 Data Analysis 47
4.1 Measures of Flexibility of Regulations and Operations Innovations 47
4.2 DEA for Computing Scores on Relative Flexibility of Environmental Regulations 49
4.3 Factor Analysis 50
4.4 One-Way Univariate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 51
5 Discussion and Conclusions 52
5.1 Policy and Managerial Implications 53
References 54
4: Organizational Drivers and Barriers to Circular Supply Chain Operations 58
1 Introduction 58
2 Theoretical Background 61
2.1 Current State of SSCM Literature 61
2.2 Circular Economy 63
2.3 Sustainability and Sustainable Practices 64
3 Methods 66
3.1 Research Approach 66
3.2 Research Context 66
3.3 Data Collection and Analysis 67
4 Results 69
4.1 Description of Selected Cases 70
Corporate Safety Clothing 70
Concrete Recycling 70
Information Technology (IT) Buyback 71
Recycled Textile 72
Circular Cable 73
4.2 Cross-Case Analysis: Identified Sustainable Practices and Drivers/Barriers 74
5 Discussion 76
6 Conclusion 77
References 78
5: Inconsistent Norms in Buyer-Supplier Relations: A Study of Sustainability Introduction in the Textile and Apparel Industry 82
1 Introduction 82
2 Theoretical Background 85
2.1 Norms in Transactional vs. Relational Exchange 85
2.2 Specific Norms 86
2.3 Violation of Norms 89
3 Methodology 91
4 Findings 93
4.1 Role Integrity 93
4.2 Reciprocity 94
4.3 Solidarity 95
4.4 Monitoring Behavior 96
4.5 Norms with Minor Evidence 98
5 Discussion 100
6 Conclusion 102
7 Managerial Implications 103
References 104
Part II 108
6: Theory Building Within Sustainable Operations Management (SOM): An Introduction to Part II 110
1 Embracing Theoretical Plurality in Sustainable Operations Management 113
References 116
7: Business Models in the Circular Economy and the Enabling Role of Circular Supply Chains 119
1 Introduction 119
2 Restorative Aspects of Circular Economy Business Models 121
3 Enabling Role of Supply Chains 125
4 Theoretical Antecedents of Circular Supply Chains 127
5 Fundamental Aspects of a Circular Supply Chain Archetype 132
6 Business Model Initiatives Towards the Circular Economy 137
6.1 Case 1: Reparability and Durability Values 138
6.2 Case 2: Remanufacturing Value 139
6.3 Case 3: Reuse Value 140
7 Conclusion 141
References 143
8: Disentangling Environment-Specific Sustainability-Oriented Innovation: Insights from the Airbus-Boeing Duopoly 149
1 Introduction 149
2 Literature Review 152
3 Research Approach 154
3.1 The Aviation Sector 154
3.2 Data 154
3.3 Analysis 155
4 Results 155
4.1 Manual Coding 156
4.2 CRA Analysis 158
5 Implications for Research and Practice 160
6 Concluding Remarks 161
References 162
9: The Impact of Negative Social/Environmental Events on the Market Value of Supply Chain Partners 164
1 Introduction 164
2 Literature Review 166
2.1 Stakeholder Theory 166
2.2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management: The Link Between Firms, Partners and Stakeholders 170
2.3 Efficient Markets Hypothesis: The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information 172
2.4 Behavioral Finance, Institutionalism and the Nature of Investors 173
3 Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis Development 175
4 Method and Sample: The Event Study Methodology 177
5 Results 179
6 Discussion 181
7 Conclusion 184
8 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research 186
References 187
Part III 192
10: Maximizing the Retained Value of Product Recovery Based on Circular Economy Principles 194
1 Introduction 194
2 Literature Review 195
2.1 Product Recovery 195
2.2 Circular Economy Principles 197
2.3 Methodology 199
3 Results 200
3.1 Embedding CE Principles into Product Recovery 200
3.2 Discussion 205
4 Conclusion 205
References 206
11: Sustainable Intermodal Train Transport 208
1 Introduction 208
2 Literature Review 210
2.1 Economic Drivers 212
2.2 Regulatory Drivers 213
2.3 Infrastructure and Standards 214
2.4 Customer Demands 217
2.5 Internal Drivers 217
2.6 Summary of the Literature: The Framework 218
3 Method 219
4 Results 221
4.1 Drivers of Future Intermodal Transport 222
External Economic Drivers 222
External Regulatory Drivers 224
External Infrastructure and Standard Drivers 225
External Customer Demands 226
Internal Drivers 227
4.2 Summary of Results: Refined Framework 227
5 Discussion and Conclusions 228
References 231
12: Mapping Logistics Services in Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems: What Are the Necessary Dynamic Capabilities? 236
1 Introduction 236
2 Theory Building in SSCM 238
3 Participatory Systems Mapping 242
4 System Dynamics Modeling 244
5 Workshop Results 245
5.1 LM Configuration 246
5.2 Sharing Economy Solutions 247
5.3 Raising Consumers’ Awareness of Logistics Services 248
5.4 Causal Loop Diagram 248
6 Theoretical Lens 250
6.1 Transformation 250
6.2 Delivery 251
6.3 Value Proposition 252
7 Conclusion and Outlook 253
References 255
13: Using the Green Performance Map: Towards Material Efficiency Measurement 260
1 Introduction 260
2 Theoretical Background 262
2.1 Sustainable Manufacturing 262
2.2 Material Efficiency Methods 263
2.3 Green Performance Map 264
3 Methodology 265
3.1 Circular Economy and Material Efficiency 265
3.2 Research Design 267
4 Empirical Findings 268
5 Analysis and Discussion 272
6 Conclusion 277
References 279
Part IV 283
14: Linking Green Supply Chain Management Skills and Environmental Performance 285
1 Introduction 285
2 Theoretical Background 287
2.1 Literature Review 288
3 Hypothesis Development 291
3.1 GSCM Skills and Environmental Performance 291
3.2 GSCM Skills and Innovation Performance 292
4 Research Method 292
4.1 Sample 293
5 Results 294
6 Discussion 297
6.1 Theoretical Contribution 297
6.2 Managerial Implications 298
7 Conclusions 299
References 300
15: Information Exchange and Processing in Buyers and Suppliers in Green Public Procurement: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective 304
1 Introduction 304
2 Theoretical Foundation for the Study 307
2.1 Interaction Between Buyers and Suppliers in Public Procurement 307
2.2 Absorptive Capacity (AC) 309
2.3 Application of AC in the Existing PSM Literature 313
3 Methods 314
3.1 Data Collection 315
3.2 Data Analysis 317
4 Results 317
4.1 Case Description of Office Supplies 317
4.2 Within-Case Analysis of Office Supplies 319
4.3 Case Description of Consumer Supplies 320
4.4 Within-Case Analysis of Consumer Supplies 321
4.5 Case Description of ICT 322
4.6 Within-Case Analysis of ICT 323
5 Discussions 324
5.1 Formulation of Environmental Criteria for Tender Documents 324
5.2 Examination of Environmental Performance 325
5.3 Interaction Between Buyers’ and Suppliers’ AC 327
5.4 Development of AC-Based GPP Model 328
6 Conclusion and Recommendations 331
6.1 Implications/Recommendations 333
6.2 Limitations and Future Research 334
Appendix 336
References 337
Index 341