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Fast Fashion, Charities, and the Circular Economy (CE): Challenges for Operations Management

Discover the pressing challenges of textile waste and fast fashion in this thought-provoking paper. As countries ban second-hand clothing imports and legislation pushes for more recycling, the capacity to manage preowned items is lacking...

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Will the rural–urban digital divide favor cities in the twin transition?

The transition toward a digital and sustainable economy - the twin transition - is top list in the EU policy agenda. A recent study by Antonio Vezzani of RSB with Luca Cattani and Sandro Montresor of the Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy) alerts about a possible lower effectiveness of twin-transition policies in rural contexts compared to urban ones, with the risk of accentuating gaps between different areas...

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Should we teach in hybrid mode or fully online? A theory and empirical investigation on the service–profit chain in MBAs

Should we teach in hybrid mode or fully online? We examine the teaching model’s role (hybrid versus fully online) in the service–profit chain in higher education institutions...

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Protecting Environment or People? Pitfalls and Merits of Informal Labour in the Congolese Recycling Industry

This study on informal labour in the waste management shows that decisions of voiceless people cannot be reduced to being rational or desperate choices, but that they reflect a careful elaboration of currently available options and strategies for the future.