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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.

Servitization as a competitive difference in humanitarian logistics (2018)
Journal Article
Heaslip, G., Kovács, G., & Grant, D. B. (2018). Servitization as a competitive difference in humanitarian logistics. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 8(4), 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-08-2017-0042

This paper presents a literature review and conceptual consideration of servitization in humanitarian logistics. Its purpose is to provide a research agenda for humanitarian logistics scholars and insight for practitioners and by doing so will fill a... Read More about Servitization as a competitive difference in humanitarian logistics.

The impact of consumer green behaviour on green loyalty among retail formats: a Romanian case study (2018)
Journal Article
Dabija, D., Bejan, B. M., & Grant, D. B. (2018). The impact of consumer green behaviour on green loyalty among retail formats: a Romanian case study. Moravian Geographical Reports, 26(3), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2018-0014

Customer loyalty enables companies to outperform competitors and better satisfy customers' needs and desires. People today are increasingly interested in buying green or sustainable products, pursuing responsible consumption, getting involved in envi... Read More about The impact of consumer green behaviour on green loyalty among retail formats: a Romanian case study.

A proposed interdisciplinary framework for the environmental management of water and air-borne emissions in maritime logistics (2018)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., & Elliott, M. (2018). A proposed interdisciplinary framework for the environmental management of water and air-borne emissions in maritime logistics. Ocean and Coastal Management, 163, 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.011

This paper develops and tests a conceptual environmental risk assessment and management framework to guide businesses and other stakeholders, including government, in defining and addressing potential environmental problems in ocean shipping and port... Read More about A proposed interdisciplinary framework for the environmental management of water and air-borne emissions in maritime logistics.

Investigating effects of organisational culture and learning on environmental collaboration and performance of Korean exporting firms (2018)
Journal Article
Bae, H., & Grant, D. B. (2018). Investigating effects of organisational culture and learning on environmental collaboration and performance of Korean exporting firms. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 21(6), 614-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2018.1470232

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This paper presents an empirical study of the effect of organisational culture and learning capability factors on environmental collaboration and performance in green supply chains. A con... Read More about Investigating effects of organisational culture and learning on environmental collaboration and performance of Korean exporting firms.

Relationship between sustainability and risk management in fashion supply chains: A systematic literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Rafi-Ul-Shan, P. M., Grant, D. B., Perry, P., & Ahmed, S. (2018). Relationship between sustainability and risk management in fashion supply chains: A systematic literature review. International journal of retail & distribution management, 46(5), 466-486. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-04-2017-0092

Purpose: Fashion supply chain (FSC) research has identified two important issues of sustainability management and risk management. However, investigation of these issues is relatively sparse and has primarily been independent with little combinatory... Read More about Relationship between sustainability and risk management in fashion supply chains: A systematic literature review.

Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management (2018)
Journal Article
Sweeney, E., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, D. J. (2018). Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 38(3), 852-873. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-05-2016-0258

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a thorough understanding of the adoption of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in practice, particularly at a strategic level, through an investigation of t... Read More about Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management.

Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences (2018)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., Kovács, G., & Spens, K. (2018). Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences. European Business Review, 30(2), 101-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/ebr-12-2016-0155

Purpose This paper is a viewpoint and its objective is to discuss questionable research practices in business research, particularly in the logistics and supply chain management discipline, in light of antecedents influenced by the current academic e... Read More about Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences.

INVESTIGATING SUPPLY CHAIN COOPERATION IN FINNISH GROCERY RETAIL (2017)
Journal Article
Rontanen, J., Grant, D. B., & Piotrowicz, W. (2017). INVESTIGATING SUPPLY CHAIN COOPERATION IN FINNISH GROCERY RETAIL. Zeszyty Naukowe Wydzia?u Ekonomiki Transportu. Uniwersytet Gda?ski. Ekonomika Transportu L?dowego /, 71, 19-34. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0010.5721

Vietnamese logistics service quality: an analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., Huong, T. T. T., & Lalwani, C. (2017). Vietnamese logistics service quality: an analysis. The Sankalpa: International Journal of Management Decisions, 2(1 & 2), 1-10

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?.

The internationalisation of food retailing affecting logistics in south east Asia : an exploratory perspective of consumers (2016)
Journal Article
Grant, D., Stephens, C., & Banomyong, R. (2016). The internationalisation of food retailing affecting logistics in south east Asia : an exploratory perspective of consumers. Journal of supply chain management : research & practice / Assumption University of Thailand, 10(1), 12-23

Few studies have been carried out to determine consumer characteristics for food distribution in new and/ or emerging markets and how they might influence logistics and supply chain solutions. This paper reports on a study investigating physical and... Read More about The internationalisation of food retailing affecting logistics in south east Asia : an exploratory perspective of consumers.

Reverse logistics in household recycling and waste systems: a symbiosis perspective (2016)
Journal Article
A Jalil, E. E., Grant, D. B., Nicholson, J. D., & Deutz, P. (2016). Reverse logistics in household recycling and waste systems: a symbiosis perspective. Supply chain management, 21(2), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-02-2015-0056

Purpose: The article investigates the proposition there is a symbiosis effect for exchanges between household waste recycling systems (HWRS) and household recycling behaviour (HRB) within the reverse logistics (RL) discourse. Design/methodology/appro... Read More about Reverse logistics in household recycling and waste systems: a symbiosis perspective.

The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains (2016)
Journal Article
Teller, C., Kotzab, H., Grant, D. B., & Holweg, C. (2016). The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains. International journal of retail & distribution management, 44(2), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-05-2015-0072

Purpose: This paper investigates the impact of key supplier relationship management (KSRM) – understood as an aggregated supply chain management (SCM) process in the upstream direction – on the overall level of the execution of SCM within organizatio... Read More about The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains.

Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration (2015)
Journal Article
Hingley, M., Lindgreen, A., & Grant, D. B. (2015). Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration. Industrial marketing management, 50, 78-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.05.025

Despite the benefits of buyers and seller collaboration and hence relationships extolled in extensive studies, issues of relationship power inhibit implementation of collaborative and relational approaches, particularly in some parts of the retail Se... Read More about Intermediaries in power-laden retail supply chains : an opportunity to improve buyer-supplier relationships and collaboration.

Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics? (2015)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., & Philipp, B. (2015). Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics?. Logistique & management, 23(2), 45-54 . https://doi.org/10.1080/12507970.2015.11673823

This paper reports on an in-progress research study regarding the impact of business to consumer (B2C) online logistics service quality (OLSQ) for shopper satisfaction and loyalty on urban logistics across the UK, France and Germany to also investiga... Read More about Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics?.

The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation (2015)
Journal Article
Sweeney, E., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, D. J. (2015). The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation. Supply chain management, 20(1), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-07-2014-0249

Purpose – The purpose of the research described in this paper is to disentangle the rhetoric from the reality in relation to supply chain management (SCM) adoption in practice. There is significant evidence of a divergence between theory and practice... Read More about The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation.