The Impact of E-Commerce-Related Last-Mile Logistics on Cities: A Systematic Literature Review

E-commerce-related last-mile logistics have a great impact on cities. Recent years have seen sustained growth in e-commerce in most developed countries, a trend that has only been reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The perceived impact of this phenomenon varies depending upon the perspective of the players involved: individual members of the public, companies, or the public administrations. Tackling the issue from these perspectives, the goal of this article is to explore the kinds of impact this phenomenon has and will have. We use as the basis for their classification the so-called triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability, encompassing people, planet, and profit; we complement this with the impact classification used by the European Science Foundation’s impact assessment working group. After performing a systematic review of the literature following PRISMA guidelines, our results show that, albeit to different degrees, the four impact dimensions analyzed (economic, social, environmental, and technological) have only received incipient coverage in the existing literature. Given its ever-growing importance, we believe that greater attention needs to be paid to this phenomenon, especially with regard to those aspects having the greatest impact upon urban systems and the different stakeholders involved. Only in this way can the public policies needed to mitigate these externalities be properly implemented.

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National Immunization Program: Computerized System as a tool for new challenges

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005925 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 49 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ana Paula Sayuri Sato

Keyword(s):

Implementation Process ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Nominal Data ◽

Immunization Program ◽

High Coverage ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

National Immunization ◽

Innovative Tool ◽

The Impact

The scope and coverage of the Brazilian Immunization Program can be compared with those in developed countries because it provides a large number of vaccines and has a considerable coverage. The increasing complexity of the program brings challenges regarding its development, high coverage levels, access equality, and safety. The Immunization Information System, with nominal data, is an innovative tool that can more accurately monitor these indicators and allows the evaluation of the impact of new vaccination strategies. The main difficulties for such a system are in its implementation process, training of professionals, mastering its use, its constant maintenance needs and ensuring the information contained remain confidential. Therefore, encouraging the development of this tool should be part of public health policies and should also be involved in the three spheres of government as well as the public and private vaccination services.

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Globalization, Knowledge Economy and the implication for Indigenous Knowledge

The International Review of Information Ethics ◽

10.29173/irie13 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 55-62

Author(s):

Kgomotso H Moahi

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Economy ◽

Political Power ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Public Domain ◽

The Public ◽

The World ◽

The Developed Countries ◽

The Impact ◽

Flow Of Information

This paper considers the impact that globalization and the knowledge economy have on the protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge. It is asserted that globalization and the knowledge economy have opened up the world and facilitated the flow of information and knowledge. However, the flow of knowledge has been governed by uneven economic and political power between the developed countries and the devel-oping countries. This has a number of ramifications for IK. The dilemma faced is that whichever method is taken to protect IK (IPR regimes, documenting IK etc) exposes IK to some misappropriation. Protecting it through IPR is also fraught with problems. Documenting IK exposes IK to the public domain and makes it that much easier to be misused. However, not protecting IK runs the danger of having it disappear as the custodians holding it die off, or as communities become swamped by the effects of globalization. The conclu-sion therefore is that governments have to take more interest in protecting, promoting and using IK than they have been doing.

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KAJIAN ATAS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENGUNGKAPAN LINGKUNGAN (ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE) PADA PERUSAHAAN PUBLIK DI BEJ PADA TAHUN 2004 - 2005

Media Riset Akuntansi Auditing & Informasi ◽

10.25105/mraai.v7i2.973 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 107 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bambang Sudaryono

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Earnings Management ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Environmental Disclosure ◽

Public Companies ◽

The Public ◽

The Impact ◽

Research Show

The aim of this research is to analyze the factors that impact the public companies' enviromental disclosure and also to analyze the impact of corporate (company's size, age, ROA and earnings management) on coprporate disclosure (mandatory and voluntary). Data are obtained from 60 companies, which are listed on Jakarta Stock Exchange, and selected based on the purposive sampling method. The data analysis method is used the path analysis. The result of this research show that on the significant rate of 5%, the company's size, ROA, earnings management and corporate disclosure have a significant effect to environmental disclosure. While for the company's age and financial leverage have no significant effect to the environmental disclosure.Keywords: Enviromental disclosure, company's size, company's age, ROA and coprporate disclosure.

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Effect of Corporate Governance and Capital Structure on Corporate Performance in Malaysian Listed Companies: A Conceptual Approach

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies ◽

10.26710/jafee.v5i2.869 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Fauzan ◽

Azhar Bin Abdul Rahman ◽

Marhaiza Binti Ibrahim

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Capital Structure ◽

Corporate Performance ◽

Annual Reports ◽

Conceptual Approach ◽

Public Companies ◽

The Public ◽

Thomson Reuters ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Purpose: Corporate governance and capital structure are seen as significant factors in improving corporate performance. Although many studies have examined the relationship between corporate governance and capital structure through corporate performance, this research gap is still significant when considering the relationship between corporate governance and capital structure in the Malaysian context. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework that examines the impact of corporate governance and capital structure on the performance of the public companies in Malaysia. Design/Methodology/Approach: The primary method will use quantitative with secondary data, using the annual reports of companies registered on Bursa Malaysia from the period 2013 to 2016. As well as the data available on Thomson Reuters Data Stream Version 5.1 available at the Sultanah Bahiyah Library of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Implications/Originality/Value: This study proposes to enhance the role of corporate governance and capital structure, and to redefine corporate governance policy and capital structure to enhance corporate performance. Finally, it is hoped that this study will enhance the performance of the companies, and benefit the financial report users, investors, creditors, shareholders, and other stakeholders in the public companies in Malaysia.

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«LAST MILE DELIVERIES» IN THE FRAMEWORK OF URBAN DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES

Development of Management and Entrepreneurship Methods on Transport (ONMU) ◽

10.31375/2226-1915-2021-2-38-64 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 38-64

Author(s):

Maria Aristea Bakogianni ◽

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George Malindretos ◽

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Best Practices ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Public ◽

Supply Chain Costs ◽

Last Mile ◽

Urban Distribution ◽

The Impact

This paper aims to investigate the impact of last mile supply chain practices on urban sustainability. An extensive review of literature has been conducted, on last mile logistics best practices, the impact of e-commerce on last miledeliveries, and the dynamics between the public authorities and private businesses, as well as the role of the final customers, the city dwel-lers. Local authorities being aware of the environmental impact of last mile deliveriesissue regulations and take initiatives towards improving the quality of life for their residents. On the other hand, businesses aim at reducing supply chain costs, improve efficiency and offer quality services to their customers. The review of practices lead into the development of a conceptual framework depicting a holistic perspective of last mile deliveries management, highlighting the dynamics between policy makers (public authorities) and the private sector. Keywords: Urban supply chain, Urban distribution, Urban Logistics, Last mile deliveries, Freight Transport

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The Performance of Africa's International Courts

10.1093/oso/9780198868477.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Transitional Justice ◽

Truth Telling ◽

Authoritarian Rule ◽

International Courts ◽

The Public ◽

The Status ◽

Dominant Parties ◽

Social Environmental ◽

The Impact ◽

Significant Attention

The performance of international courts has traditionally been judged against criteria of compliance and effectiveness. Whilst these are clearly desirable objectives for litigants before Africa’s international courts, this book shows that we must look beyond these criteria to fully appreciate the impact of African international courts. This book definitively shows how litigants in these courts use their participation in international litigation to achieve other objectives: to amplify political disputes with their governments, to build their movement, to educate the public about their cause, and to challenge the status quo. Chapters in this collection show these courts acting as coordination points for opposition political parties to name and shame dominant parties for violation of their organizational rights. Others demonstrate how Africa’s international courts serve as transitional justice mechanisms in which truth telling about ongoing conflict and authoritarian governance receives significant attention. This attention serves as a platform to galvanize resistance against continued authoritarian rule, especially from outside the conflict countries. Ultimately, the book shows that these courts must be judged against new and broader criteria, and understood as increasingly important venues for waging political, social, environmental, and legal struggles.

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A Decade after Sarbanes-Oxley: The Need for Ongoing Vigilance, Monitoring, and Research

Accounting Horizons ◽

10.2308/acch-50868 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 917-930 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jeanette M. Franzel

Keyword(s):

Audit Quality ◽

Warning Signs ◽

Regulatory Regime ◽

Government Accountability ◽

Public Companies ◽

The Public ◽

Sarbanes Oxley ◽

Public Company ◽

The Impact ◽

Audit Independence

SYNOPSIS After more than a decade since passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), it is appropriate and necessary to ask questions about the present state of audit quality and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of PCAOB's oversight programs. Written from the viewpoint of a current PCAOB Board member and former Managing Director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), this paper discusses the warning signs of serious auditing problems in the years preceding the Act, and the role that the GAO played in analyzing those risks and calling for greater oversight of the accounting profession's auditing public companies. We must be vigilant and continually examine the activities of the auditing profession and the regulatory regime to ensure that audit independence and audit quality remain front and center to ensure investor protection and safeguard the public interest. Academic researchers play a key role in this system of vigilance. This paper provides views on many areas within the auditing profession that would benefit from further research and analysis, as well as opportunities for research that could be useful to the PCAOB as it considers current and future regulatory priorities.

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On The Two-Way Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Financial Performance in Microfinance: A Stakeholder Approach

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v12n11p149 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 149

Author(s):

Lwanzo J. Lusambo

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Corporate Reputation ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Institutional Environment ◽

Intangible Asset ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Social Construct ◽

Consistent Model ◽

Social Environmental ◽

The Impact

This conceptual paper is grounded on three main observations. First, the lack of a theoretical framework on which a consistent model of the two-way relationship between corporate reputation and financial performance can be developed. Second, the lack of microfinance literature on the role played by corporate reputation as a social construct, and an intangible asset, in the strategic management of MFIs. Third, the impact of ethical issues and competitive challenges amplified by the commercialization of microfinance, and their threats to safeguarding the double-bottom (or triple-bottom) line of microfinance. Theoretical findings suggest that the Wu-Stuart Framework can be used as a benchmark to justify an embedded theory of firm underlying the circular link hypothesis into an institutional environment. Thus, the EP-SP-FP model highlights that MFI’s corporate reputation could act both as a moderating effect on the dynamic of MFI’s financial performance, and a mediating or balancing effect on the trade-off between social, environmental, and financial performance of MFI.

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Strategic alignment and its impact on decision effectiveness: a comprehensive model

International Journal of Emerging Markets ◽

10.1108/ijoem-04-2020-0364 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed A. Ghonim ◽

Nagi M. Khashaba ◽

Hameda M. Al-Najaar ◽

Mohamed A. Khashan

Keyword(s):

Strategic Alignment ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Primary Data ◽

Comprehensive Model ◽

Content Type ◽

Strategic Performance ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

The Public ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

PurposeIn recent decades, the concept of strategic alignment has been a center of concern for researchers and practitioners. This alignment is associated with the process of strategic planning to achieve high strategic performance and competitiveness. This study aims to investigate the impact of strategic alignment on decision effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data were collected from 383 employees of the Directorate of Health Affairs in the Dakahlia Governorate in Egypt, through a self-administered questionnaire. The PLS-SEM approach was used to analyze the collected data.FindingsThe results revealed that strategic alignment significantly and positively affects decision effectiveness and its dimensions, emphasizing the importance of considering all four dimensions of strategic alignment in an integrated model to achieve the greatest impact on the decision effectiveness.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is applied to a developing country, so a comparative study between both developing and developed countries may be needed. Second, the study was restricted to the nonprofit organization, so further research may examine the profit organizations.Originality/valueDespite the existence of several studies on the relationship between strategic alignment and decision effectiveness in developed countries, studies conducted in the developing countries are still few. This is one of the earliest studies that adopt the multidimensional approach of strategic alignment in the public sector in emerging economies, which could help directors understand the interdependencies and different roles of strategic alignment dimensions in a novel comprehensive model.

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Knowledge Mobilization as a Tool of Institutional Governance: Exploring Academics’ Perceptions of “Going Public”

Canadian Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.7202/1057102ar ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 39-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kate Cain ◽

Krystle Shore ◽

Crystal Weston ◽

Carrie B Sanders

Keyword(s):

Academic Research ◽

Knowledge Mobilization ◽

Publicly Funded ◽

Institutional Governance ◽

The Public ◽

Criminological Research ◽

Perceived Impact ◽

The Impact ◽

Analysis Of Knowledge

In Canada there are growing discussions concerning the role of publicly funded universities and the impact of academic research. The integration of neoliberal practices and market rationalities place pressure on universities to “go public” in order to demonstrate relevance and accountability. Researchers are encouraged or even required to engage the public through knowledge mobilization activities. Our study provides an empirical analysis of knowledge mobilization in order to understand its perceived impact on public criminology, and more broadly the production and dissemination of criminological research. We argue that the institutional shift toward knowledge mobilization is perceived as a tool of institutional governance to demonstrate organizational accountability that shapes the production and dissemination of criminological knowledge.In Canada there are growing discussions concerning the role of publicly funded universities and the impact of academic research. The integration of neoliberal practices and market rationalities place pressure on universities to “go public” in order to demonstrate relevance and accountability. Researchers are encouraged or even required to engage the public through knowledge mobilization activities. Our study provides an empirical analysis of knowledge mobilization in order to understand its perceived impact on public criminology, and more broadly the production and dissemination of criminological research. We argue that the institutional shift toward knowledge mobilization is perceived as a tool of institutional governance to demonstrate organizational accountability that shapes the production and dissemination of criminological knowledge.

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