Health Care Matters: Supply Chains In and Of the Health Sector

Providing health care involves a complex enterprise, and the trade‐off between quality and cost has been particularly stark compared to other industries. However, a recent focus on health sector supply networks is now producing significant innovations and improvements. This Special Topic Forum illustrates for the academic and practitioner community how health care supply chain research can benefit from our evolving understanding of supply chains and help push that understanding even further. We classify health care supply chain research into two broad categories—supply chain in health care and supply chain of health care—to set an agenda for future research.     

供应链金融与物流企业竞争力的相关性分析

首先从理论上分析了供应链金融促进物流企业竞争力提升的路径,然后构建了评价物流企业竞争力水平的综合评价指标体系,运用主成分分析测算了我国35家上市物流企业的竞争力水平.随后选取三项财务数据计量供应链金融融资额,通过回归分析检验了供应链金融对物流企业竞争力的影响.实证结果表明,供应链金融能够有效提高物流企业竞争力.     

Supply Chain Citizenship: Investigating the Antecedents of Customer Interorganizational Citizenship Behaviors

Research has consistently established the strategic importance of supply chain collaboration. As a result, interfirm behavioral dynamics and relationships have emerged as key topics for both the academic and practitioner communities. This paper explores an interpersonal exchange tactic that is inherent to many collaborative initiatives—interorganizational citizenship behaviors (ICBs). The study specifically investigates why retail customers in business‐to‐business exchange relationships would exhibit ICBs, and explores how they assess and respond to the ICBs of suppliers. Findings of the study suggest that customers generally interpret and value the various types of ICBs differently, resulting in differential effects regarding the supply chain performance and relational implications of the behavior. These results not only inform managerial practice but also provide future research opportunities in the area of ICBs and the broader realm of interpersonal supply chain dynamics.     

供应链风险评估:一个贝叶斯——量子决策的推理网络研究范式

为了分析供应链运作过程中存在风险的性质,采用贝叶斯网的方式,构建了供应链风险因素、风险事件之间的系统模型,并在量子概率的基础上,分析各种风险发生的规律,并分析了供应链风险事件之间存在的共同发生的可能性。结论认为:供应链风险是一个具有多源、多维、交叉等多种属性的复杂系统,其中,道德风险与牛鞭效应最容易发生,双重边际效应、资金链断裂以及牛鞭效应的影响最大;若干种风险之间按照一个较高的概率发生着共振现象。     

基于协同理论的社会服务创新及其供给模式选择

基于协同理论的视角，综合考虑供给模式的可操作性，以社会服务供给主体的联合情况为划分依据，社会服务供给模式可以构建为政府—企业型、政府—非营利组织型、政府—初级群体型、政府—企业—非营利组织型、政府—企业—初级群体型、政府—非营利组织—初级群体型、政府—企业—非营利组织—初级群体型。供给主体需要扮演社会服务的组织者、资源提供者、生产者等角色，但在各类供给模式中，每种供给主体所扮演的角色都存有差异，需要根据实际情况，分门别类地进行梳理。     

Life cycle assessment in the food supply chain: a case study

This research aims at assessing the environmental impact of the poultry supply chain from cradle to grave using case study research and also life cycle assessment (LCA). While a limited number of generic poultry production LCA studies have been published, fewer yet assess the whole process of a specific organisation, none comparing the increased impact of further processing. Our results show that irrespectively of the impact assessment method utilised, the process of producing portions is considerably higher in total environmental impact due to the extra raw material required to produce the same mass into retail. Our research contributes to the growing number of LCA studies and could be used by practitioners for comparison against national and international averages. From a theoretical point of view, this research provides new insights into the relationship between vertically integrated supply chains and environmental performance which has not been examined in the past.     

Analysis of China＇s Renewable Energy Development under the Current Economic and Technical Circumstances

At present, the development of renewable energy relies mainly on government support. The government invests in a considerable number of projects to improve public welfare and to assist in poverty relief If China is to replace fossil fuels on a large scale with renewable energy sources, the production costs and prices of renewable energy must be brought down. All countries are facing the challenge of moving to a more secure and low-carbon energy system without weakening economic and social development. In this regard, China is facing an even greater challenge in terms of economic cost, as cheap coal remains the main energy form. Technical innovation and industrialization in the area of renewable energy is an important means of lowering cost. China is in for a period of high-speed development of its economy and the rising demand for energy is irreversible. If the technical progress and development speed of renewable energy lags behind the growth in demand, it will be difficult to realize the improvement of its energy structure.     

Stochastic optimization of sustainable hybrid generation bioethanol supply chains

This paper focuses on designing a hybrid generation bioethanol supply chain (HGBSC) that will account for economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability under various uncertainties. A stochastic mixed integer linear programming model is proposed to design an optimal HGBSC. A case study set in the state of North Dakota in the United States is used as an application of the proposed model. The results suggest that the designs of optimal HGBSC change when different sustainability standards are applied. In addition, sensitivity analysis is conducted to provide deeper understanding of the proposed model.     

How Environmental Management Competitive Pressure Affects a Focal Firm's Environmental Innovation Activities: A Green Supply Chain Perspective

Recently, environmental management offers firms a source of competitive advantage in the marketplace. The development of environmental innovations is critical to the success of today's firms. Drawing on the Schumpeterian perspective of competition, this research examines how the perception of rival firms' green success influences a firm to pursue and produce environmental innovation through its green supply chain integration activities. Using survey data from 230 firms, a conceptual model is developed and tested using structural equation modeling. We find that the firms in our sample do perceive pressure from their competitors' success in environmental management activities, and thus take supply chain action to pursue integration activities. By differentiating incremental and radical environmental innovation, this study also reveals the role of three dimensions of green supply chain integration (internal, supplier, and customer integration of green product development) on incremental and radical environmental innovation separately. Specifically, findings suggest that green supply chain integration has a positive impact on developing incremental environmental innovation, while only customer integration has a significant positive impact on developing radical environmental innovation.     

论陕西民俗文化产业的升级

陕西是一个文化生态极为多样的省份,不仅有着丰富的历史文化资源和深厚的人文传统积淀,更蕴涵着丰厚的民俗文化资源。开发利用民俗文化资源,发展陕西民俗文化产业,目前最要紧的是提升和扩大民俗文化产品的附加值,抓住价值链中的高端环节,实现陕西民俗文化产品的升级。为实现陕西民俗文化产业合理有效的升级,首先应通过创新增强核心竞争力;其次要实施品牌发展策略;最后要加大营销力度。