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Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council petrochemical sector (2025)
Journal Article
Alsaif, A., Grant, D. B., & Shaw, S. (2025). Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council petrochemical sector. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2025.2508998

Oil & gas companies in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are critical to improving their sustainability through enacting regulation, developing standards and practices, and monitoring environmental performance. The study investigated h... Read More about Exploring supply chain sustainability practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council petrochemical sector.

Using mixed methods in logistics and supply chain management research: current state and future directions (2023)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., Shaw, S., Sweeney, E., Bahr, W., Chaisurayakarn, S., & Evangelista, P. (2023). Using mixed methods in logistics and supply chain management research: current state and future directions. The international journal of logistics management, 34(7), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-04-2023-0156

Purpose: Mixed methods research is useful to enhance theoretical and practical research contributions. However, single methods have predominated much logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) research. This paper presents a review of mixed methods... Read More about Using mixed methods in logistics and supply chain management research: current state and future directions.

An investigation into the impact of sustainable supply chain management practices on the performance of the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical industry (2022)
Thesis
Alsaif, A. (2022). An investigation into the impact of sustainable supply chain management practices on the performance of the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical industry. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4962012

The Gulf region is the powerhouse of oil industries, which their economies heavily rely on. Owing to the successes built in the Gulf region as the leading oil supplier to the world, in less than fifty years, the region has become among the top ten co... Read More about An investigation into the impact of sustainable supply chain management practices on the performance of the Gulf Cooperation Council Petrochemical industry.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Performance Measures (2021)
Book Chapter
Grant, D. B., & Shaw, S. (2021). Logistics and Supply Chain Management Performance Measures. In R. Vickerman (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Transportation (volume 3) (16-23). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102671-7.10210-6

Performance measures are a set of metrics used to quantify the efficiency and/or effectiveness of an organizational action and are especially important in a supply chain management context where such measures are typically quantitative and relate to... Read More about Logistics and Supply Chain Management Performance Measures.

A supply chain practice-based view of enablers, inhibitors and benefits for environmental supply chain performance measurement (2020)
Journal Article
Shaw, S., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, J. (in press). A supply chain practice-based view of enablers, inhibitors and benefits for environmental supply chain performance measurement. Production planning & control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1737977

Organisations face ever increasing pressure to deliver triple-bottom-line performance results in their supply chains. Yet despite the importance and complexity associated with environmental supply chain performance measurement (ESCPM), organisations... Read More about A supply chain practice-based view of enablers, inhibitors and benefits for environmental supply chain performance measurement.

Environmental or sustainable supply chain performance measurement standards and certifications (2019)
Book Chapter
Grant, D. B., & Shaw, S. (2019). Environmental or sustainable supply chain performance measurement standards and certifications. In J. Sarkis (Ed.), Handbook on the sustainable supply chain (357-376). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434272.00024

Organizations are looking to adopt environmental or sustainable performance management standards and certifications for their supply chains to satisfy stakeholder concerns and to respond to increasing awareness and interest in sustainability. However... Read More about Environmental or sustainable supply chain performance measurement standards and certifications.

Exploring environmental sustainability and performance of global logistics hubs (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shaw, S., Grant, D., Hassan, S., & Creazza, A. (2018, September). Exploring environmental sustainability and performance of global logistics hubs. Presented at Managing business for policy and integrated sustainable logistics operations: Annual LRN conference 2018, Plymouth, UK

Globalization has had different effects on the world since the concept emerged. Globalization impact on supply chains and logistics has revolutionized global trade. It has resulted in new levels of speed, efficiency, effectiveness and endless options... Read More about Exploring environmental sustainability and performance of global logistics hubs.

Management challenges in creating value from business analytics (2017)
Journal Article
Vidgen, R., Shaw, S. L., & Grant, D. B. (2017). Management challenges in creating value from business analytics. European journal of operational research, 261(2), 626-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.02.023

The popularity of big data and business analytics has increased tremendously in the last decade and a key challenge for organizations is in understanding how to leverage them to create business value. However, while the literature acknowledges the im... Read More about Management challenges in creating value from business analytics.

Does the concept of 'nearporting' provide a pathway to better logistics sustainability? (2016)
Journal Article
Grant, D., & Menachof, D. (2016). Does the concept of 'nearporting' provide a pathway to better logistics sustainability?. Journal of supply chain management : research & practice / Assumption University of Thailand, 10(1), 1-11

Firms are looking for innovative solutions to become greener regarding their end-to-end supply chain emissions without incurring additional costs. This paper discusses one such solution through a simple concept of ‘nearporting’, which is the explicit... Read More about Does the concept of 'nearporting' provide a pathway to better logistics sustainability?.

Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sergeyev, Y., Butcher, T., & Grant, D. (2010, July). Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain. Presented at 15th International Symposium on Logistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper reports on a research project to evaluate the benefits of using radio frequency identification (RFID) in a fresh meat retail supply chain.

Developing environmental supply chain performance measures (2010)
Journal Article
Shaw, S., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, J. (2010). Developing environmental supply chain performance measures. Benchmarking, 17(3), 320-339. https://doi.org/10.1108/14635771011049326

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature and present a proposed research agenda to examine whether environmental, i.e. green performance measures, can be integrated within an existing supply chain performance framework, expl... Read More about Developing environmental supply chain performance measures.

Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, D., Juntunen, J., Juga, J., & Juntunen, M. (2009, July). Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty

Purpose: This research applies theory and techniques from the services and marketing literature to a logistics service provider (LSP) context to determine whether corporate brand equity and the LSP’s service offerings lead to customer satisfaction wh... Read More about Using logistics services to achieve satisfaction and turn corporate brand equity into loyalty.

Supply chain management implementation in Austria (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kotzab, H., Grant, D. B., & Teller, C. Supply chain management implementation in Austria. Presented at Logistics Research Network 2007 Conference, Hull, UK

Supply chain management (SCM) enables the internal and external integration of business processes with customers and suppliers in order to add customer value. There is a burgeoning need to implement SCM in organizations stemming from increased compet... Read More about Supply chain management implementation in Austria.

Capabilities of logistics and ports in the Humber region
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, D., Menachof, D., Williams, T., & Bishop, D. Capabilities of logistics and ports in the Humber region

Paper presented at Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2014, 3rd-5th September 2014, Huddersfield.

Electronic commerce e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council consumer markets
Book Chapter
Alotaibi, M., Grant, D., & Williams, T. Electronic commerce e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council consumer markets. In Proceedings of the 20th annual Logistics Research Network (LRN) conference

Paper originally presented at the 20th Annual Logistics Research Network Conference, 9th to 11th September 2015. This paper reports on an ongoing study investigating electronic commerce fulfilment (ECF) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets, and... Read More about Electronic commerce e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council consumer markets.

Performance measurement and its impact on sustainable and resilient supply chain management practices in the Thai electronic industry
Book Chapter
Colicchia, C., Grant, D., & Joradon, W. Performance measurement and its impact on sustainable and resilient supply chain management practices in the Thai electronic industry. In Proceedings of the 20th Annual Logistics Research Network (LRN) Conference

Paper originally presented at the 20th Annual Logistics Research Network (LRN) Conference, 9th to 11th Sept 2015, Derby.

Investigating e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council business-to-consumer markets
Book Chapter
Alotaibi, M., Grant, D., & Williams, T. Investigating e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council business-to-consumer markets. In Proceedings of the 20th international symposium on logistics (ISL) 2015

Paper presented at 20th ISL, 5th – 8th July 2015, Bologna Italy This paper reports on a literature review and research objective development pertaining to a current PhD research project on electronic commerce (EC), specifically e-fulfilment, in Gulf... Read More about Investigating e-fulfilment in Gulf Cooperation Council business-to-consumer markets.

E-commerce fulfilment in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alotaibi, M., Grant, D., & Williams, T. E-commerce fulfilment in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Paper delivered at the 21st Logistics Research Network annual conference 2016, 7th-9th September 2016, Hull. Abstract: Purpose: This paper reports on an exploratory study of electronic commerce fulfilment (ECF) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) marke... Read More about E-commerce fulfilment in the Gulf Cooperation Council.