Operations and Supply Chain Management Archives - B Academics The Global B Corp Academic Community Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bacademics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Operations and Supply Chain Management Archives - B Academics 32 32 Teaching Note for Financial Times case study on Tony’s Chocolonely https://bacademics.org/resources/english/teaching-note-for-financial-times-case-study-on-tonys-chocolonely/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:18:47 +0000 https://bacademics.org/?post_type=resources&p=7129 This case study invites students to evaluate whether a company can (or should)use open-source transparency as a vehicle for systemic change in a highly exploitative globalindustry.

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]]> Business school teaching case study: sharing secrets to tackle slavery https://bacademics.org/resources/case-study/business-school-teaching-case-study-sharing-secrets-to-tackle-slavery/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:42:20 +0000 https://bacademics.org/?post_type=resources&p=7101 Explore Tony’s Chocolonely’s bid to fight abuse in the cocoa supply chain and consider the dilemmas at the end.

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]]> Delivering societal impact through supply chain design: insights from B Corps https://bacademics.org/resources/article/delivering-societal-impact-through-supply-chain-design-insights-from-b-corps/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://bacademics.org/resources/%resource_category%/delivering-societal-impact-through-supply-chain-design-insights-from-b-corps/ This study investigates how purpose-driven organizations (PDOs) pursue various approaches to societal impact and how these approaches correlate with the implementation of diverse supply chain design (SCD) strategies.

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]]> B Corp versus ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications: Aligned, or alternative paths, towards sustainable development? https://bacademics.org/resources/article/b-corp-versus-iso-9001-and-14001-certifications-aligned-or-alternative-paths-towards-sustainable-development/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://bacademics.org/resources/%resource_category%/b-corp-versus-iso-9001-and-14001-certifications-aligned-or-alternative-paths-towards-sustainable-development/ Corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerged with the aim of providing sustainable economic, environmental, and social benefits to an organization’s broader stakeholders and society at large. This research delves into the […]

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]]> Customers Care About How Your Supply Chain Functions—Time To Bring Its Impact Up To Higher Standards https://bacademics.org/resources/english/customers-care-about-how-your-supply-chain-functions-time-to-bring-its-impact-up-to-higher-standards/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:10:00 +0000 https://bacademics.org/?post_type=resources&p=3583 People increasingly expect businesses to uphold higher social and environmental standards, and this includes a company’s supply chain. Cleaning-products brand Seventh Generation serves as an example of how to bring […]

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]]> From green to good supply chains:: Halo effect between environmental and social responsibility https://bacademics.org/resources/article/from-green-to-good-supply-chains-halo-effect-between-environmental-and-social-responsibility/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://bacademics.org/resources/%resource_category%/from-green-to-good-supply-chains-halo-effect-between-environmental-and-social-responsibility/ This paper aims to explore the extent to which dynamic capabilities (DCs) derived from the domain of green supply chain management can enhance the performance of social supply chains. Furthermore, […]

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