Naslov
Greening transport activities in the food retail supply chain

Autori
Petljak, Kristina ; Renko, Sanda ; Rašić, Sanda

Izvornik
International journal of logistics systems and management (1742-7967) 25 (2016), 1; 129-143

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
green transport ; food retail ; food supply chain management ; Croatia.

Sažetak
From an operations perspective, retailers are seeking to manage and improve relationships with their customers, brand image, customer services, etc. in order to underline their green potential, because literature has considered green and sustainable business practices as a means to reducing costs. Among different retail operations and activities, transport and logistics have caused the highest costs and have been insufficiently investigated as well. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the greening of the transport activities in the food retail supply chain and characteristics of the food retailers` who are leaders in pursuing such activities. In such a way, the paper reveals the impact of food retailers` green initiatives on the way they manage their transport and logistics services. For the purpose of the paper, a quantitative study on the sample of 190 food retail companies operating on the Croatian market was conducted. The results suggest that generally retailers see green transport and logistics activities as an overall positive activity in terms of reducing costs and beyond, however usage of such green practices still differs a lot among observed food retailers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

Napomena
Rad je revidirana i proširena verzija rada pod
nazivom "Okolišne djelatnosti transporta u lancu
opskrbe hranom u maloprodaji" prezentiranog na skupu
International Conference on Industrial Logistics
(ICIL 2014) Conference, održanog 11.-13.05.2014.g.,
Bol, Hrvatska ; objavljen u Zborniku radova ; Goran
Đulić ur. ; Zagreb, 2014., Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering and Naval Architecture ; ISBN 978- 953-
7738-29-7.

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