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Supplier Issues

Can Brands Claim Ignorance? Unauthorized Subcontracting in Apparel Supply Chains

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Unauthorized subcontracting—when suppliers outsource part of their production to a third party without the retailer’s consent—has been common practice in the apparel industry and is often tied to noncompliant working conditions. Because retailers are ...
Reveal the Supplier List? A Trade-off in Capacity vs. Responsibility

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    Problem definition: Under what conditions and how can a buying firm, by committing to publish a list of its suppliers and/or the identities and violations of terminated suppliers, increase its expected profit and supplier responsibility? Academic/...
Supplier Evasion of a Buyer’s Audit: Implications for Motivating Supplier Social and Environmental Responsibility

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    Prominent buyers’ brands have been damaged because their suppliers caused major harm to workers or the environment, e.g., through a deadly factory fire or release of toxic chemicals. How can buyers motivate suppliers to exert greater care to prevent such ...
When Ignorance Is Not Bliss: An Empirical Analysis of Subtier Supply Network Structure on Firm Risk

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Using a multitier mapping of supply-chain relationships constructed from granular global, firm-to-firm supplier–customer linkages data, we quantify the degree of financial risk propagation from the supply network beyond firms’ direct supply-chain ...
Why China's Shein is beating ASOS, H&M and Zara at fast fashion

CNBC International

Published Online: June 2, 2022

Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?

Vidya Mani, Doug Thomas, Stephen E. Maiden

Published Online: February 28, 2022
Darden Business Publishing

If you think fast fashion is bad, check out SHEIN

DW Planet A

Published Online: December 10, 2021

Transparency and Ethics at Everlane

Karen Robson, Matthew Wilson

Published: February 5, 2021
Harvard Business Publishing

Supplying ZARA: Improving Efficiency and Quality at Happy Punt

Frederic Sabrià

Published Online: November 3, 2021
IESE Publishing

Shein: An Ultra-Fast-Fashion Retailer's Digital Strategies

Yuk-fai Fong, Zhixi Wan, Minyi Huang

Published Online: August 15, 2022
Harvard Business Publishing

H&M’s Global Supply Chain Management Sustainability: Factories and Fast Fashion

Andrew Hoffman

Published: February 8, 2014
WDI Publishing

Green Business Issues

Incentives and Emission Responsibility Allocation in Supply Chains

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Because greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from the supply chains of just the 2,500 largest global corporations account for more than 20% of global emissions, rationalizing emissions in supply chains could make an important contribution toward meeting the ...
Leasing, Modularity, and the Circular Economy

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Management Science

    Abstract
    We investigate the economic and environmental implications of jointly implementing leasing and modularity, two prominent circular economy strategies, and their interaction. We develop a durable goods model to obtain insights for firms considering the use ...
Managing Rentals with Usage-Based Loss

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    Motivated by innovative rental business models, we study a rental system with random loss of inventory due to use. We utilize a discrete-time model in which the inventory level is chosen before the start of a finite rental season, and customers not ...
The Potential of Servicizing as a Green Business Model

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Management Science

    Abstract
    It has been argued that servicizing business models, under which a firm sells the use of a product rather than the product itself, are environmentally beneficial. The main arguments are as follow. First, under servicizing the firm charges customers based ...
Take-Back Trickery: an investigation into clothing take-back schemes

Urska Trunk, George Harding-Rolls, Nusa Urbanci

Published: July, 2023
Changing Markets Foundation

NNormal presents: No Lost Shoes, a film by Max Romey

NNormal

Published Online: February 13, 2023

How Urban Outfitters Is Winning The Clothing Rental Game

CNBC

Published Online: November 6, 2023 

Patagonia

Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hyun Jin Kim

Published: August 11,2010
Harvard Business Publishing

IKEA: Becoming a Circular Business

Matthew Wilson, Kerstin Heilgenberg

Published: June 6, 2023
Ivey Publishing

Competition Issues

The Competitive Effects of Entry: Evidence from Supercenter Expansion

Peter Arcidiacono, Paul B. Ellickson, Carl F. Mela, John D. Singleton

Published: July 3, 2020
American Economic Association

Shopping Activity at Warehouse Club Stores and Its Competitive and Network Density Implications

Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim, Elliot Rabinovich, Sungho Park, Minha Hwang

Published: June 2, 2020
Wiley

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