Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Edina Findrik, Oliver Meixner
Summary: Plastic pollution has negative effects on the ecosystem and human health, while bioplastics offer a potential alternative for environmentally conscious consumers. A systematic literature review was conducted to examine consumers' response to bioplastics using a hierarchy of effects model. The review identified research gaps and highlighted the need for cross-cultural studies, non-hypothetical research designs, and analysis of labeling systems in relation to bioplastic products.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Gaochuan Zhang, Bao-Jie He
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review of 186 published papers from 2000 to 2019 to identify the drivers, motivations, and barriers to green roof implementation (GRI). The results show that drivers to GRI include policy and market pressures, as well as innovation and technology advancement. Motivations for GRI range from energy efficiency to biodiversity increase, while barriers include a lack of government policy and individual unwillingness. Strategic recommendations are proposed to strengthen drivers, foster motivations, and overcome barriers to GRI.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Amanda L. Eiden, Jane Barratt, Mawuli K. Nyaku
Summary: A systematic literature review identified sociodemographic, health-related, and attitudinal factors influencing routine vaccine uptake in adults aged 50 and older globally. Health-related factors such as comorbidities and healthcare consumption had significant impact, while sociodemographic factors had mixed effects on vaccine uptake.
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jon Williamsson, Nicole Costa, Vendela Santen, Sara Rogerson
Summary: This paper presents a framework for categorizing barriers and drivers to the implementation of onshore power supply (OPS) based on a systematic literature review. The framework divides the barriers and drivers into four key categories and applies them to three main areas of concern. The research suggests potential solutions to specific barriers and highlights the need for a collaborative approach to OPS. Future research should focus on the systemic implications of OPS and the use of incentives, pricing, and business models to address implementation costs.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Martin Loosemore, Shang Zhang, Suhair Alkilani, Zihao Wang
Summary: This paper explores the potential value and implementation issues of construction social procurement in the Chinese construction industry. The survey findings reveal that the industry has the institutional foundations for social procurement and significant untapped social value. However, meaningful industry consultation, effective education, and clearly mandated targets are necessary for social procurement to achieve its full potential.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Lina Fogt Jacobsen, Susanne Pedersen, John Thogersen
Summary: This paper provides a systematic review of research on drivers and barriers of consumers' plastic packaging waste avoidance and recycling in economically developed countries. The study finds that environmental concern and task-specific benefits are the most important drivers, while lack of knowledge and understanding, as well as lack of opportunities, inconvenience, and task difficulty are the most important barriers.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Catherine Xiaocui Lou, Riccardo Natoli, David Goodwin, Barbara Bok, Fang Zhao, Peng Zhang
Summary: In Australia, social procurement is becoming a new feature of public policy for large-scale infrastructure projects. However, the academic literature has not kept up with its development. This paper reviews the literature on social procurement published from January 2012 to June 2022, and identifies barriers, enablers, and strategies to overcome the barriers. The study finds that social procurement is evolving and expanding, but its contribution to social value creation is under-theorised.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Linqi Xu, Fu Jia, Fangxu Yan, Lujie Chen
Summary: This paper investigates the current state of circular procurement in both the public and private sectors through a systematic literature review and proposes a conceptual theoretical model and future research directions for circular procurement.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meng Li, Zengrui Tian, Qian Liu, Yuzhong Lu
Summary: This paper analyzes 119 articles on the drivers and effects of green innovation and finds that the drivers of green innovation include external environment and internal lack of development resources within organizations. Resource-based view and institutional theory are commonly used theoretical perspectives in explaining the drivers and effects of green innovation.
Review
Business
German Lopez Perez, Isabel Maria Garcia Sanchez, Jose Luis Zafra Gomez
Summary: This paper contributes to the current knowledge on the impact of eco-innovation strategies on corporate performance by analyzing and synthesizing the different positions found in the literature. The results show that the impact of eco-innovation is not generalizable due to various factors, and the size and environment of the company are conditioning factors. Further research is encouraged to shed more light on this field.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Vincenza Gianfredi, Antonietta Filia, Maria Cristina Rota, Roberto Croci, Lorenzo Bellini, Anna Odone, Carlo Signorelli
Summary: Ensuring timely access to affordable vaccines is a global public health priority, as highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective vaccine procurement strategies are essential to achieve this goal. Research in this area needs to clarify key concepts, describe main procurement methods, and identify future perspectives.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Michael Jay Polonsky, Mayuri Wijayasundara, Winston Noel, Andrea Vocino
Summary: Research has shown that the public sector faces various barriers in procuring products with recycled material or recovered content, but these can be addressed by modifying the purchasing process and establishing green procurement standards. This can help enhance the procurement of sustainable goods and support recycling efforts.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Karima Afif, Claudia Rebolledo, Jacques Roy
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on sustainable packaging, identifying key drivers, barriers, and performance outcomes. It emphasizes the importance of integrated packaging decisions at different levels to improve sustainability in the packaging industry.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Elvira Molin, Michael Martin, Anna Bjoerklund
Summary: The literature review on sustainable public procurement of food has shown a focus on evaluating policies and practices, with specific attention on certain food types and sources to address all three sustainability pillars. Most articles cover all three aspects of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) in relation to food procurement, but there is a need for more studies to assess the sustainability outcomes and improve procurement processes towards more sustainable foods.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Salim Karimi Takalo, Hossein Sayyadi Tooranloo, Zahra Shahabaldini Parizi
Summary: The study provides a comprehensive overview of green innovation methods and analyzes articles through a systematic literature review. Mathematical modeling is the most commonly used research method, with a focus on manufacturing industries. The Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment have the highest number of publications on GI.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Management
Andrea Appolloni, Idiano D'Adamo, Massimo Gastaldi, Morteza Yazdani, Davide Settembre-Blundo
Summary: This study analyzes the ceramic tiles sector based on historical data and finds that the Spanish ceramics industry is experiencing economic growth while the Italian industry is experiencing a modest decline, partially mitigated by exports. Industrial districts provide opportunities for innovation, sustainability, and digitization, maximizing sustainable efficiency.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Wei Li, Hui Sun, Hao Dong, Yuqin Gan, Lenny Koh
Summary: This study develops a two-stage game model to investigate the impact of tax and tariff regulations on the decision-making of OEMs in remanufacturing. The results show that the optimal remanufacturing model is significantly affected by tax and tariff regulations, particularly the difference between sales tax on remanufactured products and import tariffs on new products. The study emphasizes the importance of considering tax and tariff constructs in decision-making models, optimizing the strategic business deployment of OEMs, and policy considerations by the destination country.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Andrea Appolloni, Gabriele Centi, Nan Yang
Summary: Promoting carbon circularity in the fashion industry requires surpassing current approaches, integrating new energy and chemistry district models to foster circularity and build resilience. These models will be crucial to meet the 2050 net-zero emissions target. The development of artificial leaf devices and solar fuels is discussed as key technologies to enable this transition, along with their implications for the fashion industry.
CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Yang Yang, Andrea Appolloni, Xiangan Ding, Vincenzo Basile, Han Ma
Summary: Through empirical research, it has been found that excessive consumption and intergenerational transmission of poverty have significant impacts on family thriving. Excessive consumption reduces the demand for family thriving, while the transmission of poverty hinders the achievement of family thriving. Highly educated individuals play a crucial role in reducing the transmission of poverty and achieving family thriving.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abderahman Rejeb, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: In the era of Industry 4.0, circular supply chain management has been revolutionized through the integration of technologies such as big data analytics, IoT, blockchain, cloud computing, and AI. Circular procurement, as an essential part of this management approach, offers organizations opportunities to enhance efficiency and sustainability. However, there is a lack of research on the implications of Industry 4.0 in circular procurement. This study aims to fill this gap by reviewing existing literature and developing a conceptual framework to evaluate the antecedents, enablers, and performance outcomes of Industry 4.0-enabled circular procurement.
Article
Business
Damini Sundar, Kaliyan Mathiyazhagan, Vernika Agarwal, Mukund Janardhanan, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: E-waste generation is increasing rapidly, projected to reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. Developing strategies and methods for formal e-waste management is crucial. The circular economy (CE) is seen as an efficient approach, but the transition from a linear economy to CE faces various barriers. Few studies have integrated CE with e-waste management. This study focuses on the UK's household e-waste management sector to identify and analyze key barriers hindering the transition to a CE model.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Vernika Agarwal, Abdul Zubar Hameed, Snigdha Malhotra, K. Mathiyazhagan, Sreejith Alathur, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: As the fourth industrial revolution unfolds, the automotive industry faces complex and uncertain changes. To cope with these changes and ensure sustainable development, companies must embrace change and act quickly, while adopting the appropriate strategies. This study utilizes the fuzzy Delphi and TOPSIS methods to evaluate agility indicators that are crucial for the sustainable development of the automotive industry, and proposes strategies to address the changes.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Editorial Material
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Syed Mithun Ali, Andrea Appolloni, Fausto Cavallaro, Idiano D'Adamo, Assunta Di Vaio, Francesco Ferella, Massimo Gastaldi, Muhammad Ikram, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Michael Alan Martin, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Ilhan Ozturk, Maria Pia Riccardi, Paolo Rosa, Ernesto Santibanez Gonzalez, Claudio Sassanelli, Davide Settembre-Blundo, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Marzena Smol, Georgios Archimidis Tsalidis, Irene Voukkali, Nan Yang, Antonis A. Zorpas
Article
Business
Supeng Zheng, Andrea Appolloni, Haifen Lin, Xiangan Ding
Summary: This paper investigates the innovation pathway of gerontechnological enterprises under the MOT perspective through configuration analysis. The study identifies the three first-level preconditions affecting innovation performance and investigates the different configuration types and their distribution in subdivided industries. The research findings contribute to the understanding of the innovation pathway in the context of gerontechnological enterprises.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Andrea Appolloni, Vincenzo Basile, Federica Caboni, Lucia Pizzichini
Summary: This study aims to understand if the use of electronic commerce differs in a situation characterized by uncertainty. The research analyzes the behavior of 1,000 digital users in European countries using the self-determination theory and basic psychological needs. The results show the online activities during changes in consumer behavior patterns and retailers' strategies. This research provides valuable information for online retail managers and practitioners to enhance customer value in the electronic context.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Asad Qazi, Imran Ali, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: This study aims to identify the barriers to sustainable procurement and develop a hierarchical framework in the context of Pakistan. Through a literature review and expert input, 22 barriers were identified and classified using ISM and MICMAC techniques. The findings highlight the critical barriers and their impact on sustainable procurement practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bernardo Nicoletti, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: With the convergence of servitization and digitization, many manufacturing organizations are undergoing digital servitization referred to as Servitization 5.0. This paper explores the applications and role of artificial intelligence in Servitization 5.0 strategies, particularly in changing organizations to EverythiA.I.ng as a Service.
Article
Business
Md Shah Newaz, Andrea Appolloni
Summary: This study provides a systematic review of WEEE-behavioral research by conducting a bibliometric analysis and content analysis. The findings reveal the trends and hot topics in WEEE-behavioral research, as well as the main theories utilized and future research directions. The study contributes to understanding the evolution of the WEEE-behavioral domain and proposing an integrated theoretical framework.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Business
Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Andrea Appolloni, Horst Treiblmaier
Summary: Crowdfunding has gained popularity as a financing method for entrepreneurs, attracting attention from researchers and practitioners. This study aims to investigate the core content and knowledge diffusion paths in the field of crowdfunding. The study uses co-word clustering and main path analysis to examine the historical development of crowdfunding research based on 1,528 journal articles. The analysis identifies seven themes and reveals the dominant topics and recent trends in crowdfunding research.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Andrea Appolloni, Pohkam Wong, Yuenping Ho, Supeng Zheng, Xiangan Ding
Summary: This study investigates the disparities in R&D internationalization between latecomers from different economies and firms with different technological capabilities in the wind turbine industry. The findings suggest that latecomers from technologically advanced economies behave similarly to early leaders in terms of international co-invention but show differences in native ownership of foreign inventors. Latecomers from economy-level technological disparities also exhibit significant differences in both international co-invention and native ownership of foreign inventors.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
