A Grey Forecasting Approach for the Sustainability Performance of Logistics Companies

Yu, Min-Chun; Wang, Chia–Nan; Ho, Nguyen-Nhu-Y

doi:10.3390/su8090866

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“…Yu et al [41] study the financial reports of 19 global logistics companies and find that during an economic crisis period firms in the sector do not invest on technical efficiency in freight transportation but rather focus on sustainable logistics. In terms of road freight transport, Rothengatter [39] develops a System Dynamics simulation model that links transport and economic modules for the European countries and concludes that restructuring of the transport sector is required, especially in terms of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.…”

Section: Transportation and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Logistics Services Sector and Economic Recession in Greece: Challenges and Opportunities

2018

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Abstract:The recent economic recession in Greece has had a detrimental impact on all national business activities, with the logistics industry being one of the most affected sectors primarily due to the significant decrease in market demand for goods and services. In this regard, the aim of this research is to identify key challenges and prospects for the Greek logistics services industry stemming from the recent economic crisis era through a critical literature taxonomy, a semantic analysis of the reviewed articles, and a questionnaire-based survey involving 140 executives from the third-party logistics sector. In principal, the recent economic crisis is reported to have significantly affected logistics service providers, thus further imposing structural reforms in the industry. The reduction in operating profits of transport companies is noticeable with the onset of the economic crisis, specifically in 2016. Nevertheless, logistics executives are optimistic regarding the near future, provided that educated and informed strategic management decisions are made and inventive business practices are embraced.

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Section: Transportation and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Logistics Services Sector and Economic Recession in Greece: Challenges and Opportunities

2018

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“…This analysis comes under the assumptions of constant and variable returns to scale. Empirical analyses are generated using DEA-solver-pro software [39,62,63].…”

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Application in International Market Selection for the Export of Goods: A Case Study in Vietnam

Wang

2018

Sustainability

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International market selection for conducting exports is based on various trade and economic factors. It is very important to understand how to efficiently trade with another country and to maintain consistency. However, such a consistency is not possible in the case of economics. Therefore, using an efficiency measure helps us to explore and benchmark a country’s exportation businesses. The main goal of this study is to develop an integrated data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to explore the most productive manner through which Vietnam exports goods to other countries. Exploring the most productive export business will help us achieve another goal of this study, which is the selection of international market efficiencies. The variables used for this analysis include the exports, total exports, import tariff, dollar exchange, and the ease of doing business. Based on the data collected from an international organization, on the 15 leading export markets in Vietnam, this study applied integrated DEA, which combines the super slack-based measure (Super SBM) and Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) analysis to evaluate the export market efficiency. The findings show that for the selection of the export market, the three countries that were the most consistently efficient during 2014–2017 were Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States. This study indicates that the selection of international markets for developing countries should comply with low tariff rates, low exchange rates, and a higher ease of doing business in order to improve the gross domestic product (GDP) and economy of the country.

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“…In the literature, researchers applied different methodologies to measure corporate sustainability such as balanced scorecard method (Hsu, Hu, Chiou, & Chen, 2011;Junior, de Oliveira, & Helleno, 2018;Kang, Cgiang, Huangthanapan, & Downing, 2015; Medel-Gonzalez, Garcia-Avila, Salomon, Marx-Gomez, & Hernandez, 2016;Nikolaou & Tsalis, 2013;Nurcahyo, Pustiwari, & Gabriel, 2018), life cycle assessment (Guinee et al, 2008;Hu, Kleijn, Bozhilova-Kisheva, & Di Maio, 2013;Iacovidou et al, 2017), and data envelopment analysis (Zhou, Yang, Chen, & Zhu, 2018;Yu, Wang, & Ho, 2016;Sueyoshi & Wang, 2014;Chang, Zhang, Danao, & Zhang, 2013;Lee & Saen, 2012). In the literature, researchers applied different methodologies to measure corporate sustainability such as balanced scorecard method (Hsu, Hu, Chiou, & Chen, 2011;Junior, de Oliveira, & Helleno, 2018;Kang, Cgiang, Huangthanapan, & Downing, 2015; Medel-Gonzalez, Garcia-Avila, Salomon, Marx-Gomez, & Hernandez, 2016;Nikolaou & Tsalis, 2013;Nurcahyo, Pustiwari, & Gabriel, 2018), life cycle assessment (Guinee et al, 2008;Hu, Kleijn, Bozhilova-Kisheva, & Di Maio, 2013;Iacovidou et al, 2017), and data envelopment analysis (Zhou, Yang, Chen, & Zhu, 2018;Yu, Wang, & Ho, 2016;Sueyoshi & Wang, 2014;Chang, Zhang, Danao, & Zhang, 2013;Lee & Saen, 2012).…”

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“…To improve corporate sustainability, organizations must measure their performances. In the literature, researchers applied different methodologies to measure corporate sustainability such as balanced scorecard method (Hsu, Hu, Chiou, & Chen, 2011;Junior, de Oliveira, & Helleno, 2018;Kang, Cgiang, Huangthanapan, & Downing, 2015; Medel-Gonzalez, Garcia-Avila, Salomon, Marx-Gomez, & Hernandez, 2016;Nikolaou & Tsalis, 2013;Nurcahyo, Pustiwari, & Gabriel, 2018), life cycle assessment (Guinee et al, 2008;Hu, Kleijn, Bozhilova-Kisheva, & Di Maio, 2013;Iacovidou et al, 2017), and data envelopment analysis (Zhou, Yang, Chen, & Zhu, 2018;Yu, Wang, & Ho, 2016;Sueyoshi & Wang, 2014;Chang, Zhang, Danao, & Zhang, 2013;Lee & Saen, 2012).…”

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Corporate sustainability performance measurement based on a new multicriteria sorting method

Küçükbay

Sürücü

2019

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The concept of sustainability deals with protecting and sustaining society and environment for future generations while trying to meet the maximization of market capitalization objective. Despite the increased awareness of corporate sustainability, questions remain on how to measure performance. The objective of this paper is to propose a new measurement method, which is Multimoora Sort, for corporate sustainability performance and make an empirical case with the 25 companies listed in Fortune 500 USA. We chose four economic subcriteria, two environmental subcriteria, and four social subcriteria for the methodology. The results of the study show that the proposed methodology is a practical and efficient decision method.The most important contribution of the study to the literature is to present a new evaluation method in the measurement of sustainability performance as well as the results of the empirical case are supported by the resource dependency theory, institutional theory, and stakeholder theory.

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A Grey Forecasting Approach for the Sustainability Performance of Logistics Companies

Cited by 30 publications

References 26 publications

Logistics Services Sector and Economic Recession in Greece: Challenges and Opportunities

Logistics Services Sector and Economic Recession in Greece: Challenges and Opportunities

Application in International Market Selection for the Export of Goods: A Case Study in Vietnam

Corporate sustainability performance measurement based on a new multicriteria sorting method

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