Sustainable and resilient cold chains: Enhancing adaptability, consistency, and digital transformation for success in a turbulent market

IF 12.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI:10.1002/bse.3805

Vandana, Narpat Ram Sangwa, Myriam Ertz, Shashi

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Abstract

Sustainable and resilient cold chains (CC) are the backbone of several industries, ensuring the seamless transport and storage of temperature-sensitive products ranging from fresh produce and pharmaceuticals to life-saving vaccines. Particularly in times of disruptions, such as natural disasters or global health crises, the sustainability and resilience of CCs become even more crucial, highlighting the urgent need for research, innovation, and strategic planning in this domain. This study conducted a systematic review of the sustainable and resilient CC research literature. A total of 143 high-quality articles were shortlisted from the Web-of-Science (WoS) database for in-depth content analysis. This review clarifies the existing results and highlights the trending themes and persistent gaps in research pertaining to CC in a business context and at a strategic level. It covers notably disruptions and related impacts, the relationship between sustainability and resilience in CC, decision tools for sustainable and resilient CC, CC sustainability and resilience performance areas and measurement metrics, data-driven digital transformation for sustainable and resilient CC, and strategies for developing sustainable and resilient CC strategies. The results reveal that research on sustainable and resilient CC is growing; however, the field remains dominated by research methods that need to establish causality formally. Furthermore, the research area is fragmented into several subareas, and more conceptual and theoretical work is needed to advance the theoretical foundation of the domain. Finally, a proposed research agenda suggests 17 future avenues for improving the contribution to sustainable and resilient CC research.

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可持续和有韧性的冷链：增强适应性、一致性和数字化转型，在动荡的市场中取得成功

可持续和具有复原力的冷链（CC）是多个行业的支柱，可确保温度敏感产品（从新鲜农产品和药品到救命疫苗）的无缝运输和储存。特别是在发生自然灾害或全球健康危机等破坏性事件时，冷链的可持续性和复原力变得更加重要，这凸显了在这一领域开展研究、创新和战略规划的迫切需要。本研究对可持续和复原性 CC 研究文献进行了系统综述。从科学网（WoS）数据库中筛选出 143 篇高质量文章进行了深入的内容分析。本综述阐明了现有成果，并强调了在商业背景和战略层面上与 CC 相关的研究中的趋势性主题和持续存在的差距。研究内容主要包括：干扰和相关影响、可持续发展和抗灾能力之间的关系、可持续发展和抗灾能力的决策工具、可持续发展和抗灾能力的绩效领域和衡量标准、促进可持续发展和抗灾能力的数据驱动型数字化转型，以及制定可持续发展和抗灾能力战略的策略。研究结果表明，有关可持续和有复原力的 CC 的研究正在不断增加；然而，该领域仍以需要正式确定因果关系的研究方法为主。此外，该研究领域被分割成几个子领域，需要更多的概念和理论工作来推进该领域的理论基础。最后，建议的研究议程提出了 17 条未来途径，以提高对可持续和有韧性的 CC 研究的贡献。

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22.50

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19.40%

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336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.