Audencia

About: Audencia is a education organization based out in Nantes, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate social responsibility & Organizational learning. The organization has 83 authors who have published 307 publications receiving 8540 citations.

Sustainable supply chain network design: An optimization-oriented review☆

Abstract: Supply chain network design (SCND) models and methods have been the subject of several recent literature review surveys, but none of them explicitly includes sustainable development as a main characteristic of the problem considered. The aim of this review is to bridge this gap. The paper analyzes 87 papers in the field of supply chain network design, covering mathematical models that include economic factors as well as environmental and/or social dimensions. The review is organized along four research questions asking (i) which environmental and social objectives are included, (ii) how are they integrated into the models, (iii) which methods and tool are used and finally (iv) which industrial applications and contexts are covered in these models. The review finds that there are a number of limitations to the current research in sustainable SCND. The narrow scope of environmental and social measures in current models should go beyond limited greenhouse gas indicators to broader life-cycle approaches including new social metrics. The more effective inclusion of uncertainty and risk in models with improved multi-objective approaches is also needed. There are also significant gaps in the sectors used to test models limiting more general applicability. The paper concludes with promising new avenues of research to more effectively include sustainability into SCND models.

Regulations, Competition and Bank Risk-Taking in Transition Countries

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between regulations, competition, and risk-taking in the Central and Eastern European banking sectors between 1994 and 2005. We build an empirical model that employs a non-structural measure of competition, various proxies for regulations and both static and dynamic empirical frameworks. We find no clear-cut positive relationship between conventional measures of banking sector regulatory reform and competition. In contrast, the more specific regulatory features that relate to restrictions on bank activities, capital requirements and official supervisory power play an important role in shaping competition. We also find that market power is negatively associated with the risk-taking behaviour of banks, while capital requirements and supervisory power seem to be effective devices in monitoring risk-taking as they increase equity to capital ratios and decrease credit risk. Finally, incentives and tools that enhance market self-monitoring also promote credit-risk reduction.

Combinatorial optimization and Green Logistics

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the area of Green Logistics and to describe some of the problems that arise in this subject which can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems. The paper particularly considers the topics of reverse logistics, waste management and vehicle routing and scheduling.