Table 2.
The eight papers included in the special issue.
| Title | Authors | Main research focus |
|---|---|---|
| The Role of Eco-Innovation Drivers in Promoting Additive Manufacturing in Supply Chains | Afshari, Searcy and Jaber | Additive manufacturing; eco-innovation drivers |
| Blockchain Technology and the Sustainable Supply Chain: Theoretically Exploring Adoption Barriers | Kouhizadeh, Saberi and Sarkis | Blockchain technology; adoption barriers |
| The impact of digital technologies on economic and environmental performance in the context of Industry 4.0: A moderated mediation model | Li, Dai and Cui | Digital technologies; Industry 4.0; supply chain platforms; Chinese manufacturing context |
| Industry 4.0 Technologies Assessment: A Sustainability Perspective | Bai et al. | Industry 4.0; assessment of different I4.0 technologies |
| Impact of Supply Chain Analytics and Customer Pressure for Ethical Conduct on Socially Responsible Practices and Performance: An Exploratory Study | Shafiq, Ahmed and Mahmoodi | Supply chain analytics; social sustainability; U.S. manufacturing context |
| Coordinating quality, time, and carbon emissions in perishable food production: A new technology integrating GERT and the Bayesian approach | Wang et al. | Food quality and environmental sustainability; GERT and Bayesian approach |
| An Agent-based Approach to Optimizing Modular Vehicle Fleet Operation | Li and Epureanu | Modular fleet optimization; Agent-based modelling |
| Inventory Sharing Strategy and Optimization for Reusable Transport Items | Liu et al. | Vehicle routing problems; inventory sharing; reusable transport items; |