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{"title":"Platform's role in green vs. non-green product competition: Blockchain transparency and selling contract selection","authors":"Jianghua Wu,&nbsp;Junzhu Yao,&nbsp;Yuqian Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109703","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109703","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>By enhancing transparency, blockchain facilitates product greenness verification, boosting consumer trust and willingness to pay for greener products. This study examines the impact of blockchain transparency and asymmetric selling contracts on upstream competition and free-riding effects, focusing on greenness and supply chain profits. In our model, the downstream platform offers reselling or agency contracts to the asymmetric green and non-green suppliers. First, the findings reveal that under a low (high) commission rate, a reselling contract for the non-green supplier and an agency (reselling) contract for the green supplier is most effective in enhancing greenness. Second, blockchain adoption consistently increases the non-green supplier's profits but does not always benefit the green supplier. Notably, higher blockchain costs reduce the green supplier's profits but may increase the non-green supplier's profits. Third, platform profitability varies with market conditions, and each of the four contract forms can become optimal under certain conditions. Specifically, a reselling contract with the green supplier is optimal under a low commission rate but shifts to an agency contract as the rate rises, while the non-green supplier undergoes this shift at a higher rate threshold. Notably, at an extremely high commission rate and blockchain transparency, reverting to a reselling contract with the green supplier maximizes platform profits. Finally, under a moderately low commission rate and high transparency, combining a reselling contract for the non-green supplier with an agency contract for the green supplier achieves the highest greenness while aligning with optimal strategies for platform profitability and overall supply chain efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109703"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How to arrange production and carbon emissions reduction? Thoughts towards remanufacturing authorization, risk aversion and carbon cap-and-trade","authors":"Hongxia Sun ,&nbsp;Zhijie Wang ,&nbsp;Ke Yan ,&nbsp;T.C.E. Cheng ,&nbsp;Guowei Hua","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109702","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109702","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Remanufacturing can reduce carbon emissions and yield economic benefits, which is often carried out by an independent remanufacturer (IR) rather than the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Moreover, OEM applies remanufacturing authorization to compete and cooperate with IR. However, the IR's risk aversion, which arises from the uncertainty of the remanufacturing market, posing challenges to supply chain. Considering remanufacturing authorization strategies and risk-aversion, we apply the Cournot game to study the decisions of an OEM and a risk-averse IR under the carbon cap-and-trade (CCT) policy. Furthermore, the impact of consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for remanufactured product is discussed. We find that the IR's risk aversion negatively impacts the choice of the remanufacturing strategy. And low risk aversion can strengthen the positive effect of consumers' WTP for remanufactured product on the IR and environment, while weakening the negative impact on the OEM. In addition, compared with the IR's carbon emissions reduction (CER) cost coefficient and carbon price, the impact of risk aversion is more significant. Moreover, the increase in competition intensity has a negative impact on the OEM and IR, and this effect cannot be offset by changes in carbon price and consumers' low carbon preference. From the perspectives of society and consumers, fixed remanufacturing authorization is superior to unit remanufacturing authorization. Compared with the policy without CCT, CCT policy imposes restrictions on the OEM's production and profitability, but is beneficial to the IR's development and environmental protection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109702"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144312964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting delivery allocation decisions in a beverage company with multi-criteria methods and an optimization model","authors":"Laís Sant'anna Fonseca ,&nbsp;Diogo Lima","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109701","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109701","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bidding processes are common for transparency purposes in several areas, such as civil construction and energy exploration. Usually, public agencies are responsible for the projects and formal notices are launched for the competition of interested parties. Also, those processes may occur in the private sector, and the decision process involves multiple dimensions that may be conflicting. The present study presents a multi-criteria model to support decisions involving the allocation of deliveries (pallets) in the bidding process of a beverage company, where a set of carriers compete for the distribution of beverages in routes. On each route, there is a specific set of competing carriers. In addition, a carrier can participate in the process of more than one route, however, the carrier's capacity must be respected, considering the combination of allocations received on the solution. The Best-Worst Method (BWM) is used to obtain weights for criteria that are later applied in the PROMETHEE II method. The net flows from PROMETHEE II are then used in an assignment model, which outputs the share allocated to each carrier in each route. The tests and models include several practical constraints, and the approach achieved consistent results that may be replicated to support decision-making and future processes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109701"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144306894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial impact of digitalization – A time-lagged analysis","authors":"Botond Benedek ,&nbsp;Ottó Csiki ,&nbsp;Krisztina Demeter ,&nbsp;Dávid Losonci ,&nbsp;Levente Szász","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109699","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109699","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While digitalization represents a widespread phenomenon, it does not always yield the expected financial benefits (digitalization paradox) and studies offer contradictory findings in this sense. This study aims to ease this contradiction by considering the potential time-lagged effects, the interrelatedness of financial indicators, and the complex nature of digitalization. We rely on the DuPont framework to investigate the impact of digitalization on interconnected financial performance indicators such as the efficiency of asset use (fixed asset turnover), profitability (EBITDA margin), and financial return (ROE), with immediate, 1-year, and 2-year effects. To assess firms’ digitalization, we analyze the annual reports of publicly listed automotive companies between 2012 and 2022 by two complementary methods (i.e., a machine learning algorithm and a keyword-centric content analysis). Panel regression results suggest that the financial impact of digitalization is not straightforward. It (i) improves fixed asset turnover both over short (same year) and longer periods (1–2 years lag); (ii) but does not lead to an increase in profitability; (iii) its impact on ROE becomes significant only after 2 years. In addition, these patterns are the same when traditional and advanced technologies are investigated separately, with a notable exception of ROE, on which traditional technologies exert both immediate and lagged positive impact. These findings suggest that companies investing in advanced digitalization can avoid the digitalization paradox through the more efficient use of assets but not through higher profitability, achieving better financial returns only in the longer run.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109699"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining the impact of reshoring initiatives on shareholder wealth of its domestic suppliers","authors":"Shukai Zhang ,&nbsp;Minhao Zhang ,&nbsp;Xiaojun Wang ,&nbsp;Wen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109700","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109700","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent global disruptions have exposed the vulnerabilities of international supply chains, fueling a growing trend toward reshoring. While the existing literature largely focuses on the impact of reshoring on focal companies, limited attention has been paid to its financial consequences for domestic suppliers. This study seeks to fill this gap by examining how reshoring initiatives affect the shareholder wealth of domestic suppliers in the United States manufacturing sector. Drawing on Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), we find that reshoring leads to negative financial outcomes for domestic suppliers due to increased transaction costs, heightened asset specificity, and vulnerability to opportunism. We further demonstrate that supplier dependence, industry competition, and financial constraints exacerbate these adverse effects. However, mutual dependence between domestic suppliers and reshoring companies mitigates the negative consequences observed. Our study contributes to the reshoring literature by extending the focus beyond focal companies to include the overlooked financial implications for domestic suppliers, offering new insights into the complexity of supply chain relationships through the lens of TCE.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"287 ","pages":"Article 109700"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Symmetric or asymmetric? Value-added service design for new and remanufactured products under competition","authors":"Yiwen Zhang ,&nbsp;Myat Su Han ,&nbsp;Kai Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109682","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Remanufactured products, although seen as pro-environmental alternatives to new ones, may evoke consumer skepticism regarding quality. Value-added service provided to customers after purchase can efficiently alleviate this concern and inspire consumption. However, the inherent competition between new and remanufactured products in price and service raises a vital question on who should provide value-added services, and at what modes, in a supply chain. Using game-theoretic models, we examine four potential service modes: symmetric cases (Scenario M or R), where a manufacturer provides value-added services to both products or delegates the retailer to provide services, and asymmetric cases (Scenario MR or RM), where a manufacturer provides services to remanufactured products, leaving the new ones up to the retailer, or vice versa. We find that asymmetric cases result in the highest and the lowest service qualities; that is, the manufacturer (or the retailer) would provide the poorest (or the highest) service quality when the other party acts as a service competitor. In contrast, symmetric cases result in the highest and the lowest retail prices; that is, product competition stimulates service quality but does not necessarily intensify price competition. Additionally, when the service cost coefficient falls within a certain range, the retailer counterintuitively raises sales prices for both products even when the manufacturer undertakes service costs. Finally, the total revenues under asymmetric cases decrease due to the increased competing effect, whereas Scenario R generates the highest profits for both parties. However, for consumers, the asymmetric cases would be more beneficial.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"287 ","pages":"Article 109682"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144262474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing order fulfilment services on social livestreaming commerce: An evaluation of logistics experience scores","authors":"Ran Chen ,&nbsp;Haoyu Liu ,&nbsp;Kim Hua Tan ,&nbsp;Gu Pang ,&nbsp;Keru Duan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109698","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109698","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the realm of social livestreaming commerce, the enhanced interactivity relative to traditional e-commerce models induces considerable fluctuations in real-time orders. This variability necessitates the development of faster, more precise, and seamless order fulfilment processes to elevate customer satisfaction and foster long-term loyalty. As a leading platform in the social livestreaming commerce sector, TikTok has implemented a merchant experience rating system, which features the Logistics Experience Score (LES) to evaluate the logistics performance of its merchants. This study aims to explore the ways in which improving the order fulfilment processes can augment the logistics performance of merchants, with a particular focus on the LES as a primary metric. The research employed a two-phase design, consisting initially of surveys (N1 = 421) and subsequently, follow-up semi-structured interviews (N2 = 21) with TikTok merchants. The outcomes from the first phase underscore the pivotal role of IT infrastructure in enhancing the ‘order receipt’ and ‘pick and pack’ stages. Concurrently, Logistics Service Quality (LSQ) profoundly influences the ‘ship and transport’ and ‘order delivery’ stages. Most notably, the ‘ship and transport’ sub-process has emerged as a critical determinant impacting the LES, thereby underscoring its significance in shaping customer perceptions of logistics services. Findings from the second phase indicate that substantial improvements in the LES can be achieved through strategic investments in IT infrastructure and forging partnerships with reliable logistics providers. Such enhancements aim to increase the speed, efficiency, and reliability of shipping and transportation. Through these findings, this research contributes to the broader understanding of order fulfilment within the context of social livestreaming commerce, providing both theoretical and empirical insights that are valuable for merchants active in this field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"287 ","pages":"Article 109698"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144243537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Critical success factors for remanufacturing and reuse of equipment in the engineer-to-order shipbuilding industry","authors":"Erlend Alfnes ,&nbsp;Jonathan Gosling ,&nbsp;Mohamed Naim ,&nbsp;Heidi C. Dreyer ,&nbsp;Hedda Constance Høgseth","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109697","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109697","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ship equipment is of extremely high value, making them prime products for remanufacturing and reuse. However, despite increasing efforts to regulate the impact of shipping on the environment by promoting circularity, the strategies extending the product life of marine equipment, especially in European shipbuilding, are limited. This paper aims to identify critical success factors that enable better decisions making for remanufacturing and reuse of equipment in the engineer-to-order (ETO) shipbuilding industry. It contributes with an empirical study addressing circularity in the maritime industry for ETO products, which are typically designed for a specific customer. The research is based on an inductive study incorporating multiple workshops within the Norwegian ship building industry and includes actors such as original equipment manufacturers (OEM), shipyards, ship operators, and a classification society. The type of equipment in focus includes thrusters, cranes, generator sets, and hydraulic power units. Critical success factors specific to shipbuilding remanufacturing and reuse are identified, which are compared and contrasted with existing generic factors from the literature. We also examine the potential tensions and areas of agreement between the actors in the supply chain in relation to the identified factors. Our results confirm the potential for interfirm tensions, indicating that tensions in terms of perceived levels of importance exist in relation to damage, transport, product types, product value, and material composition. The study proposes self-reflective managerial questions, as well as new research lines to undertake a whole systems evaluation of the opportunities for adopting remanufacturing and reuse in the shipbuilding supply chain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"287 ","pages":"Article 109697"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144243538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stochastic network optimization for strategic resource pre-positioning and allocation","authors":"Katharina Eberhardt,&nbsp;Patricia Fuchß,&nbsp;Florian Klaus Kaiser,&nbsp;Sonja Rosenberg,&nbsp;Frank Schultmann","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109679","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109679","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a stochastic network modeling approach to develop insights into strategic facility location planning, capacity management, resource pre-positioning, and allocation. The primary purpose of the proposed model is to present a cost-effective logistics network designed for efficiently handling diverse relief items across a spectrum of crisis scenarios. By incorporating stochastic elements, we aim to capture the inherent unpredictability of demand fluctuations and the impact of crises. Our approach optimizes facility sizes to leverage economies of scale while improving allocation decisions. Additionally, it ensures fairness across demand points by implementing a strategy to mitigate relative shortages. To demonstrate the practical applicability of our model, we conduct a computational case study utilizing instances from the national food stockpiling system in Germany. Moreover, we present a sensitivity analysis highlighting the impact of crisis intensity, increased storage and production capacity, and weighting decisions of transportation costs on facility location and assignment decisions. The results provide economic and managerial insights for public decision-makers, enhancing cost-effective disaster preparedness and network design. The case study shows that the proposed model optimizes inventory by eliminating excess quantities and favoring large warehouses, reducing costs through fewer locations. However, prioritizing rapid delivery results in a more decentralized network with smaller, costlier warehouses. The logistics network adapts to varying demand scenarios, strategically placing warehouses in densely populated regions with higher crisis risks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"287 ","pages":"Article 109679"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144231964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Blockchain in the pharmaceutical sector: empirical evidence on the associated challenges and countermeasures","authors":"Mirco Peron ,&nbsp;Nicolo’ Saporiti ,&nbsp;Rossella Pozzi ,&nbsp;Maria Pia Ciano","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109685","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109685","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pharmaceutical sector is experiencing rapid growth in global medicine usage and spending. As the sector expands, so do risks. Blockchain technology promises significant benefits for addressing key issues in the pharmaceutical supply chains, such as enhancing traceability, preventing counterfeit drugs, and securing sensitive data. However, its adoption is not without criticism, facing challenges such as high implementation costs, regulatory uncertainties, and even skepticism about its purported benefits. This study provides the first empirical analysis of blockchain adoption challenges and countermeasures in the pharmaceutical industry. The research aims to identify key challenges and propose effective solutions to support broader implementation. A three-step methodology was employed: a systematic literature review to identify challenges, followed by a Delphi study to assess their relevance, and finally, a questionnaire collecting practical countermeasures. Seventeen major challenges and eight sets of countermeasures were identified and prioritized, with \"IT security\" being ranked as the most critical challenge and \"Education and training\" as the most effective countermeasure as it tackles more pressing challenges. The results were then analyzed using the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework and the Stakeholder Theory. The use of these complementary frameworks allowed to shed light on how different stakeholders can address the different challenges based on their roles, emphasizing the importance of their collective and collaborative efforts. This integration of theoretical frameworks provides valuable practical insights for addressing blockchain-related challenges and accelerating its adoption. Moreover, this research compares the pharmaceutical sector with other application areas, extending insights into blockchain adoption across industries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109685"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144491808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}