Benchmarking Green Logistics Performance with a Composite Index
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Benchmarking green logistics performance with a composite index Author Details: Kwok Hung Lau School of Business Information Technology and Logistics College of Business Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University Level 17, 239 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia Corresponding author: Kwok Hung Lau charles.lau@rmit.edu.au Please check this box if you do not wish your email address to be published NOTE: affiliations should appear as the following: Department (if applicable); Institution; City; State (US only); Country. No further information or detail should be included Acknowledgments (if applicable): The author would like to sincerely thank the retailer for providing the information used in this study. He also wishes to extend his gratitude to the two anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments and suggestions for improving the paper. Biographical Details (if applicable): Kwok Hung (Charles) Lau is a senior lecturer in the School of Business Information Technology and Logistics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Australia. He holds a bachelor degree in geography, master degrees in business administration, information systems, urban planning, and a PhD in geocomputation. He has papers published in journals and conference proceedings such as Environment and Planning (Part B), Transactions in GIS, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Information Systems & Supply Chain Management, Australasian Transport Reform Forum, International Conference on City Logistics, and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. His research interests include modelling and simulation in supply chain, e-supply chain management, outsourcing, benchmarking, reverse logistics, and green logistics. Structured Abstract: Purpose – This paper discusses the development and use of a Green Logistics
Benchmarking green logistics performance with a composite index Author Details: Kwok Hung Lau School of Business Information Technology and Logistics College of Business Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University Level 17, 239 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia Corresponding author: Kwok Hung Lau charles.lau@rmit.edu.au Please check this box if you do not wish your email address to be published NOTE: affiliations should appear as the following: Department (if applicable); Institution; City; State (US only); Country. No further information or detail should be included Acknowledgments (if applicable): The author would like to sincerely thank the retailer for providing the information used in this study. He also wishes to extend his gratitude to the two anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments and suggestions for improving the paper. Biographical Details (if applicable): Kwok Hung (Charles) Lau is a senior lecturer in the School of Business Information Technology and Logistics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Australia. He holds a bachelor degree in geography, master degrees in business administration, information systems, urban planning, and a PhD in geocomputation. He has papers published in journals and conference proceedings such as Environment and Planning (Part B), Transactions in GIS, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Information Systems & Supply Chain Management, Australasian Transport Reform Forum, International Conference on City Logistics, and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. His research interests include modelling and simulation in supply chain, e-supply chain management, outsourcing, benchmarking, reverse logistics, and green logistics. Structured Abstract: Purpose – This paper discusses the development and use of a Green Logistics
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