Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal最新文献

{"title":"Regulation of the Supply Chain. Study Methods and Means of Ensuring Food Safety and Minimizing Risks","authors":"P. Lontsikh, B. Baiborodin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2555981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2555981","url":null,"abstract":"The study considers key aspects of supply chain management. Methods: the study was mainly conducted with use of methods of system analysis and comparative analysis. Results: formation of safety management systems for supply chains has been proven on the basis of ISO group of standards in relation to such economic objects as food product manufacturers. Classification of supply chains is provided. HACCP system is analyzed. Conclusion: the conclusion contains general findings and recommendations.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131722542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond Gridlock","authors":"M. Vandenbergh, J. Gilligan","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2533643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2533643","url":null,"abstract":"This Article examines how private governance can bypass government gridlock on climate change and buy time for a national and international carbon price. A carbon price – whether in the form of a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade program – is the optimal government response but is unlikely to be implemented within the next decade. Likely government policies will reduce emissions by far less than needed to reduce the risk of significant climate disruption, but recent corporate carbon disclosure programs, supply chain contracting requirements, investor pressure, and other private initiatives demonstrate the viability of another approach. Private initiatives can reduce carbon emissions without the coercive power or resources of government by correcting market and behavioral failures and by drawing on the support for mitigation that exists in a subset of the population. The Article demonstrates how a private governance wedge of emissions reductions can be achieved by expanding current corporate and household private governance initiatives and by launching new initiatives that address climate beliefs, motivations, and behavior. Private initiatives can bypass ideological barriers and national boundaries, but implementing a private climate governance strategy will require relaxing the assumption that only governments can drive major emissions reductions over the next decade.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115007668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping Global Value Chains and Measuring Trade in Tasks","authors":"H. Escaith","doi":"10.4337/9781783472093.00015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783472093.00015","url":null,"abstract":"This timely book deploys new tools and measures to understand how global production networks change the nature of global economic interdependence, and how that in turn changes our understanding of which policies are appropriate in this new environment. Bringing to bear an array of the latest methods and data to study global value chains, this unique book assesses the evolution of global value chains at the firm level, and how this affects competitiveness in Asia.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129484881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do Shining Precious Metals Overshadow Other Assets? Dynamic Spillovers Between Commodity and Currency Markets","authors":"N. Antonakakis, Renatas Kizys","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2533994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2533994","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we examine the dynamic link between returns and volatility of commodities and currency markets. In particular, based on weekly data on gold, silver, platinum, palladum, oil and the USD/EUR exchange rate over the period January 6, 1987 to July 22, 2014 we find the following empirical regularities. First, the static spillover analysis reveals that gold, silver and platinum are net transmitters of returns and volatility spillovers, while palladium, crude oil and USD/EUR exchange are net receivers of returns (volatility) spillovers. These results suggest that, the information contents of gold, silver and platinum can help improve forecast accuracy of returns (volatilities) on palladium, crude oil and currency returns (volatilities). Second, returns (volatilities) on gold are interestingly the largest gross transmitters of spillovers to the remaining assets in our model. Third, pairwise return (volatility) spillovers reveal relatively stronger bidirectional interdependences between gold and silver, and platinum and palladium. Fourth, the analysis of dynamic spillovers suggests that gold, silver and, to a lesser extent, platinum act as net transmitters of return (volatility) spillovers to palladium, crude oil and the USD/EUR exchange rate. Interestingly, the observed net transmission shows time- and event-specific patterns. For instance, for gold and silver (platinum) returns and volatility, it intensified (degraded) in the period marked by the global financial crisis. After the global financial crisis, the role of gold and silver (platinum) returns as net transmitters of shocks weakened (strengthened), while the role of gold, silver and platinum volatility as net transmitters of shocks remained relatively high. Overall, our findings reveal that, while the static analysis clearly classifies the aforementioned variables into net transmitters and net receivers, the dynamic analysis denotes episodes wherein the role of transmitters and receivers of return (volatility) spillovers can be interrupted or even reversed. Hence, even if certain commonalities prevail in each identified category of commodities, such commonalities are time- and event-dependent.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133200066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Raw and the Carved: Shipping Costs and Ivory Smuggling","authors":"B. Moyle","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2442619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2442619","url":null,"abstract":"The recent and rapid increase in elephant poaching has caused international alarm. A fixed-effects panel-data regression model was employed to identify possible causes of this upsurge. Ivory seizures were categorised as worked or raw. These categories were also divided into four weight classes ranging from under 10kg to over 1000kg. With Africa being the source of ivory and much of the poached ivory destined for Asia it was hypothesised that smugglers would respond to shipping costs. The results showed that shipping costs, especially for large shipments, were correlated to smuggling levels. Other factors include global interest rates, which motivate stockpiling by criminal organisations. Stability in Africa as measured by refugee numbers correlates to raw ivory seizures. The data describes a scenario where three forces converged to escalate poaching in the late 2000s. Raw ivory was being made increasingly available at a time from Central African range states, when criminal organisations desired larger stockpiles of tusks. The sharp decline in shopping costs gave them the means to take advantage of this.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123455890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Global Agricultural Value Chains, Standards, and Development","authors":"J. Swinnen","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2434532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2434532","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the development implications of agri-food value chains is crucial as they are a fundamental component of developing countries’ growth potential and could increase rural incomes and reduce poverty. This note reviews some of the implications of these global agri-food value chains for developing countries and global poverty reduction. I focus on five aspects: (a) smallholder inclusion in value chains; (b) impacts on smallholder income and food security; (c) technology transfer and access to inputs; (d) labor market effects and impacts on gender and rural poverty; and (e) the interaction between liberalization policies and value chains. I summarize key insights and provide references to a rapidly growing literature.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123881193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies to Strengthen Industrial Cooperation with Major Emerging Countries in Southeast Asia","authors":"Taeyoon Kim, J. Cheong, Jaeho Lee, Mingeum Shin, N. Park, Yoomi Kim","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2487696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2487696","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the trade structures by production process of the largest export businesses between Korea and three Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam), and takes a look at Korea's production networks focusing on the top export industries with these countries based on questionnaire surveys with Korean enterprises operating in these markets. In addition, an analysis was conducted comparison of trade structures by production process and production networks of Korea/China/Japan with three Southeast Asian countries. At the same time, this study suggest the strategies to reinforce industrial cooperation with emerging countries in Southeast Asia.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131028395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Steel Market and Global Trends of Leading Geo-Economic Players","authors":"M. Coccia","doi":"10.1504/IJTGM.2014.058714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTGM.2014.058714","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is twofold: (a) to report a flow analysis based on trends of steel across some leading geo-economic players; (b) to analyse the long-term relationship between steel consumption and economic growth by the sensitivity of the demand of steel consumption to a change in the national income. Results show that China (CHN) and Italy (ITA) have higher average annual growth of the production of crude steel (CHN 9.75%; ITA 0.83%), steel crude use equivalent (CHN 8.37%; ITA 1.95%) and steel use finished products (CHN 9.38%; ITA 1.65%), whereas the USA have higher average annual growth of imports (13.23%) and China has higher exports of semi-finished/finished steel products (20.38%). The estimated average elasticity of the consumption of steel on national income per countries, based on unidirectional causality that runs from national income to steel consumption, shows de facto positive values, except in UK economy.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131241967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"'Underlying Energy Efficiency' in the US","authors":"M. Filippini, L. Hunt","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2290196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2290196","url":null,"abstract":"The promotion of US energy efficiency policy is seen as a very important activity by the Energy Information Agency (EIA). Generally, the level of energy efficiency of a state is approximated by energy intensity, commonly calculated as the ratio of energy use to GDP. However, energy intensity is not an accurate proxy for energy efficiency, because changes in energy intensity are a function of changes in several factors including the structure of the economy, climate, efficiency in the use of resources and technical change. The aim of this paper is to measure the ‘underlying energy efficiency’ for the whole economy of 49 ‘states’ in the US using a stochastic frontier energy demand approach. A total US energy demand frontier function is estimated using panel data for 49 ‘states’ over the period 1995 to 2009 using several panel data models: the pooled model; the random effects model; true fixed effects model; the true random effects model; and the Mundlak versions of the pooled and random effects models. The analysis confirms that energy intensity is not a good indicator of energy efficiency; whereas, by controlling for a range of economic and other factors, the measure of ‘underlying energy efficiency’ obtained via the approach adopted here (based on the microeconomic theory of production) is.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123059622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence","authors":"R. Albuquerque, Y. Koskinen, Chendi Zhang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1961971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1961971","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an industry equilibrium model where firms can choose to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. We model CSR activities as an investment in customer loyalty and show that CSR decreases systematic risk and increases firm value. These effects are stronger for firms producing differentiated goods and when consumers' expenditure share on CSR goods is small. We find supporting evidence for our predictions. In our empirical tests, we address a potential endogeneity problem by instrumenting CSR using data on the political affiliation of the firm's home state, and data on environmental and engineering disasters and product recalls.","PeriodicalId":301337,"journal":{"name":"Social Responsibility in Production & Supply Chain Management eJournal","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122603611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}