Circular economy (CE) provides an alternative development model to the dominant take-make-dispose linear approach, and thus a new vision for solving sustainability challenges. Firms need operationalise CE in their supply chain operations, starting from circular product design as foundational step. The purpose of this paper is investigate how integrate management (SCM) decisions transition. A th...

Workplaces in the Primary Economy and Wage Pressure in the Secondary Labor Market This paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model in which firms in the primary economy have to create workplaces prior to production and product market competition. For this, we introduce the endogenous sunk cost approach with two-stage decisions of firms from IO in the macro-labor literature. By hypothe...

With the rise in online purchases, returns polices have become more lenient to maximise sales, leading increased product returns. This results considerable costs businesses due complex systems, and environmental unnecessary transportation waste. Unsustainable consumption poses a threat our environment, access-based business models whereby products are borrowed/rented rather than purchased been ...

Objective – The circular economy aims to preserve the value of products and materials within a closed supply chain. existing models decision-making methods for managing end product life cycle are mostly focused on economic aspects. While is aimed at combining environmental, social goals. This article develop model enterprise disposal used products, taking into account socio-environmental factor...

Abstract: Nowadays, the requirements of customers concerning a product are more and more tight and high. The satisfaction of these, such as quality, reliability, robustness and cost, plays an important role in the context of global and concurrent economy. However, a product, during its life cycle, passes through manufacturing and assembly stages where geometrical deviations are generated and ac...