International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM)
Call for papers
Special issue on “Performance measurement of sustainable supply chains”
Guest Editors
Dr Luisa Huaccho Huatuco, University of Leeds, UK (lh2@lubs.leeds.ac.uk)
Dr Jairo Montoya-Torres, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia (jairo.montoya@unisabana.edu.co)
Dr Nicky Shaw, University of Leeds, UK (nes@lubs.leeds.ac.uk)
Dr Anisoara Calinescu, University of Oxford, UK (ani.calinescu@cs.ox.ac.uk)
Given the reality of global warming and the rapid usage of natural resources, academics and nonacademics have recently focused their attention on the sustainability aspect of supply chains. Similar
to the questions proposed by Piplani et al. (2008) and Hassini et al. (2012), there are key questions
that need to be answered, such as: How to distribute the sustainability-related costs and gains among
supply chain partners? How could sustainability inform and determine the design or redesign of
highly performing supply chains? What set of performance measures could capture the effect of major
disruptions in sustainable supply chains? Are performance measures in sustainable supply chains
generic, or industry-specific?
Performance measurement in this context refers to the study of supply chains taking into account the
triple bottom line, i.e. economic, social and environmental dimensions (Elkington, 1997, Carter and
Rogers, 2008). We are particularly interested in research that takes into account all these three
dimensions in a single research paper.
The purpose of this special issue is to present the most recent theoretical and practical developments
in Performance measurement of sustainable supply chains. Areas of interest include (but are not
limited to):
- Supply Chain Management
- Manufacturing systems
- Reverse logistics
- Case studies
- Design and Redesign of Sustainable Supply Chains
- Measurement methodologies and challenges
Submission deadline: 28th February 2013
Paper submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts in MSWord to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijppm.
Authors must select "Special Issue: Performance Measurement of Sustainable Supply Chains" when
selecting the article type.
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By submitting a manuscript author(s) certify that the contribution is original and has not been
published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere and that no part of the material breaches
the right of others. All articles will be double-blind peer reviewed by at least two anonymous referees.
Authors are advised to ensure that their submission conforms to the IJPPM author’s guidelines at:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=ijppm&PHPSESSID=b9
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References
Carter C R and D S Rogers (2008). A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving
toward new theory. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management,
38(5), 360-387.
Elkington J (1997). Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business,
Capstone, Oxford, 402 pp.
Hassini E, C Surti and C Searcy (2012). A literature review and a case study of sustainable supply
chains with a focus on metrics, International Journal of Production Economics, 140(1), November
2012, 69-82.
Piplani R, N Pujawan and S Ray (2008). Foreword: sustainable supply chain management,
International Journal of Production Economics, 111(2), 193-194.
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