Exploring the Potential Challenges of Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Supply Chains: South Asian Perspective

Butt, Ali R.; Shah, Pankaj; Ahmad, Mohammad

doi:10.5325/transportationj.60.3.0307

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“…In addition, according to relevant research, water pollution is also affected by factors such as industrial structure, urban greening, environmental governance, population size, FDI factors, and innovation foundations. These factors are represented by the proportion of the secondary industry in GDP, the green coverage rate of built-up areas, the comprehensive utilization rate of general industrial solid waste, the total population at the end of the year, the amount of foreign capital actually used in the year, the number of mobile phone users at the end of the year, and the income of postal services [ 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 ]. The specific calculation process is as follows:…”

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Spatial Pattern of Technological Innovation in the Yangtze River Delta Region and Its Impact on Water Pollution

Zhang

Jiao

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The impact of technological innovation on water pollution is an important parameter to determine and monitor while promoting and furthering a region’s economic development. Here, exploratory spatial data analysis was used to analyze: the spatial patterns of technological innovation and water pollution in the Yangtze River, the changes in technical innovation and the resulting changes in water pollution, and the impact of technological innovation on water pollution. The following major inferences were drawn from the obtained results: (1) The spatial pattern of innovation input has a single-center structure that tends to spread. The patent innovation output has evolved, from a single spatial pattern with Shanghai as the core to a diffusion structure with three cores-Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing. (2) The aggregation mode of water pollution has evolved from the original “Z” mode to a new mode of core agglomeration, and water pollution is constantly being reduced. (3) The trends of change in patent innovation output and innovation input are roughly the same, while the trends of both and that of water pollution are contrary to each other. (4) The correlations between innovation input, patented innovation output, and water pollution are relatively low. From the perspective of spatial distribution, the number of cities with medium and high levels of gray correlation with water pollution is the same.

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Spatial Pattern of Technological Innovation in the Yangtze River Delta Region and Its Impact on Water Pollution

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Jiao

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“…The second is the rapid growth of financial support for agriculture, which can help the rapid economic development of rural areas, and to exchange the sacrifice of the rural ecological environment for the rapid growth of the rural economy. At the same time, the structure of financial support for agriculture guided by productive expenditure will further increase the damage to the rural ecological environment and bring great resistance to the governance of the rural ecological environment [76][77][78][79][80][81][82].…”

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What Affects Rural Ecological Environment Governance Efficiency? Evidence from China

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Cheng

Wang

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With rapid economic development, the protection of the ecological environment has become very important. The modernization of rural ecological governance is the basis and prerequisite for the sustainable economic and social development of vast rural areas of China in the current era. It is urgent to analyze the influencing factors and to improve China’s rural ecological environment governance efficiency for Rural Revitalization in the new era, and to promote the modernization of the national environmental governance system and governance capacity. This paper empirically examines the influencing factors on rural ecological environment governance efficiency in the whole country, and in the eastern, central and western regions separately, at the provincial level, using the Tobit regression model. The results show that, at the national scale, the level of rural economic development, the size of village committees and rural public participation all have positive roles in promoting the efficiency of rural ecological environment governance. Rural population agglomeration, financial support for agriculture. And environmental protection social organizations have negative roles, hindering the efficiency of rural ecological environment governance. From the perspective of the eastern, central, and western regions, the factors affecting the efficiency of rural ecological environment governance are different due to regional differences. According to the results of empirical analysis, it is proposed that the key issue in improving the efficiency of rural ecological environment governance in China is to promote differentiated regional coordinated governance mechanisms.

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Building resilience in retail supply chains: Lessons learned from COVID-19 and future pathways

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2021

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PurposeThis study explores the countermeasures taken by retailers to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on supply chain disruptions.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses a multiple case study approach and undertakes 36 semi-structured interviews with senior management of the four largest retailers of the United Arab Emirates. The respondents were designated at different positions such as Vice President, Director and Project Manager.FindingsResults reveal that retailers are employing six countermeasures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on supply chains. Particularly, retailers are securing required demand, preserving cash flows, redirecting inventory, adding capacity to their distribution centres, becoming more flexible with their direct or third-party logistics provider and finally widening delivery options for their suppliers to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has some limitations. First, the results of this study cannot be generalized to a broader population as it attempts to build an initial theory. Second, this study uses a cross-sectional approach to explore the countermeasures employed by retailing firms to mitigate the effects of COVID-19.Originality/valueA notable weakness in a supply chain disruption literature is an unfulfilled need for research examining the strategies employed by retailers to respond to/address the challenges posed by COVID-19. Our study fills this gap.

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Exploring the Potential Challenges of Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Supply Chains: South Asian Perspective

Cited by 5 publications

References 63 publications

Spatial Pattern of Technological Innovation in the Yangtze River Delta Region and Its Impact on Water Pollution

Spatial Pattern of Technological Innovation in the Yangtze River Delta Region and Its Impact on Water Pollution

What Affects Rural Ecological Environment Governance Efficiency? Evidence from China

Building resilience in retail supply chains: Lessons learned from COVID-19 and future pathways

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