Providing a critical insight into the growth of the secondhand luxury and vintage fashion industry, this book offers a compendium of business developments from across the globe, including examples from Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
"e;A fascinating litany of the mistakes that can happen when buyers get it wrong"e; - Luke Johnson, The Sunday Times"e;Packed full with amazing examples' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2"e;Colossal, costly disasters could be averted if those holding the purse strings read this book.
This book addresses key aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explores them from a variety of perspectives in a case study on the Marange diamond mines in Zimbabwe.
With digitalization a consistent theme on every procurement leader's agenda, this book provides a practical approach, empowering leaders to skilfully navigate the intricacies of digital transformation in procurement.
This book provides professionals and academics with a holistic and practical approach to virtual and innovative quality management (QM) throughout the business value chain.
In einer Welt, die zunehmend von Konsum und globalen Märkten dominiert wird, suchen immer mehr Menschen nach Alternativen, die Gemeinschaft und Nachhaltigkeit in den Vordergrund stellen.
Führungskräfte und Mitarbeiter haben trotz der in den letzten Jahren stark zugenommenen Bedeutung des Supply Chain Managements oft weder die notwendige Kontrolle noch die Übersicht über den sie betreffenden Teil der Supply Chain.
Meeting consumer needs and desires, while promoting cleaner production and sustainable consumption, is one of the greatest challenges facing industry today.
In a sophisticated and far-reaching blend of theory and reflection, Thinking the Twenty-First Century takes a provocative look at the changes required to build a new global political economy.
This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments.
A nation's economic success depends on the capacity of its companies and trading organizations to develop business relationships, trade and do business in the international arena.
This book provides an insight of relevant case studies and updated practices in "e;PharmaceuticalSupply Chains"e; (PharmSC) while addressing the most relevant topics within the COST Action "e;Medicines Shortages"e; (CA15105).
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary and international collaborative book that critically investigates the growing phenomenon of Indigenous-industry agreements - agreements that are formed between Indigenous peoples and companies involved in the extractive natural resource industry.
This book analyses state-of-the-art techniques in business process management as drivers of advanced entrepreneurship, financial management, supply chain management, and sustainability management.
Dieses Buch beschreibt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele die gegenwärtigen Chancen und Risiken der Luftfracht vor dem Hintergrund stagnierender Transportmengen seit der Finanzkrise im Jahr 2008.
A number of disparate but interconnected forces such as deregulation and globalization, rapid advances in communications technology and the rise in the power of the consumer and civil society have now combined to bring corporate responsibility to prominence in many corporate boardrooms.
This large-N, three-country study of the coffee sector assesses the effectiveness of private governance by standards in promoting sustainable production.
This text challenges students to think critically about global issues that affect the business environment and provides them with a wealth of pedagogical features that help cement learning.
In this book, John Arthur and Louise Moody introduce the concept of the reasoning chain, a new approach to risk-based reasoning systems in large, complex and distributed organisations.