Tag: Supply chains
New Jersey’s small, networked dairy farms are a model for a...
Andrew Carlson, Princeton University; Daniel Rubenstein, Princeton University, and Simon Levin, Princeton University
Cow’s milk is a major part of many Americans’ diets because it...
Why apparel brands’ efforts to police their supply chains aren’t working
Jason Judd, Cornell University and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
For years, apparel brands...
Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce...
Elizabeth Ransom, Pennsylvania State University; E. Melanie DuPuis, Pace University , and Michelle R. Worosz, Auburn University
Many Americans may be surprised and confused to...
Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won’t save the environment
Yossi Sheffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InterContinental Hotels Group will replace mini-shampoos and conditioners with possibly more efficient bulk products by the year 2021.
But environmental...
We analysed 101 companies’ statements on modern slavery – here’s what...
Rosanna Cole, University of Surrey and Mark Stevenson, Lancaster University
Modern slavery includes human trafficking, servitude and forced labour, and tens of millions of people...
Will the iPhone X be a hit beyond Apple diehards? 3...
John Jordan, Pennsylvania State University
Editor’s note: As consumers eager to get their hands on Apple’s 10th anniversary phone line up online to be among...
Apple and 7-Eleven show why Trump’s threat to sever China trade...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
President Donald Trump tweeted on September 3 that the U.S. “is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
