International Journal of Business Management & Research, 2017
This paper explores on the impact of multimodal or intermodal choice on any organisation's sustai... more This paper explores on the impact of multimodal or intermodal choice on any organisation's sustainable supply chain strategies. It is a phenomenological approach in nature of very subjective to interpret data. This paper is academic research based on the multimodal choice when chosen global suppliers with triple bottom line theory, cost distance model and trade-offs to substantiate the findings. This paper explores to provide an idea of the existing research and suggest potential chances for academic enquiry in connection to the operations management. Design/Methodology Approach-The researchers review the existing literature at the mind of the global transport modes options in any organisation. This literature links up to transport modes system in to assist in reviewing the multimodal choice in the current state global market of all disciplines of transport modes (road, rail, air, sea and pipeline). Suggestions have been made for future research in terms of the best modal option. Findings The findings show that the existing literature is mostly based on transport modes system without any application approach of the choice of modes. In addition, the findings suggest on the best option of the global transport modes that could adopted in any organisation sustainable supply chain strategies. The findings pointed out several strategies areas when selecting transport modes for cost advantage for future inquiry. Practical Implication This paper can be used by transport, logistics, supply chain and procurement professionals in every organisation as well as business that leads into import and export. Originality/Value This paper build on our knowledge on impact of multimodal choice on any organisation's sustainable supply chain strategies as it relates to key dimensions of triple bottom line ideology that had been previously used in literature to support the exiting literature in the paper and identify research opportunities for trade-offs.
The International Journal of Business & Management, 2021
Sustainable procurement is the quest for sustainable development goals (WCED, 1987) through the a... more Sustainable procurement is the quest for sustainable development goals (WCED, 1987) through the acquiring and supply process, and includes adjusting environmental, social and economic goals. It is rising on the policy agenda for some nations, yet knowledge stays constrained. The study seeks to investigate the impact of sustainable procurement on value for money and poverty alleviation. Content examination presented that sustainable procurement has a positive association and significant impact on value for money and poverty alleviation in the study countries. The poverty growth, inequality theory was adopted in three West African countries to examine this effect. The results are quite consistent with major researches on poverty alleviation and public procurement. With the use of Pedroni Cointegration test, it was established that there exists a long-term connection between the variables with labour and Inflation having a negative impact on poverty alleviation in the study countries from 1990-2017.
International Journal of Technology and Management Research, 2020
Ghana rose from an insignificant position in 1997/8 to become the topmost maritime transit corrid... more Ghana rose from an insignificant position in 1997/8 to become the topmost maritime transit corridor for landlocked countries in West Africa and particularly for Burkina Faso around 2006. Since then, Ghana's transit corridor has, generally, been recording a declining trend in the yearly percentage throughput of Burkina Faso's maritime transit cargo that is transported along it. Popular opinion in the transit business in West Africa suggests a negative relationship between the level of Ce d'Ivoire's political stability and Burkina Faso's maritime transit cargo throughput that is transported along Ghana's transit corridor. This work, using data drawn from 1998, 2000 and 2002-2014 investigated the empirical veracity of such an opinion. Data were sourced from World Governance Indicators and also through questionnaires that were administered to a sample drawn from five major stakeholder official institutions involved in transit trade in Ghana. The study found a sig...
International Journal of Business Management & Research, 2017
This paper explores on the impact of multimodal or intermodal choice on any organisation's sustai... more This paper explores on the impact of multimodal or intermodal choice on any organisation's sustainable supply chain strategies. It is a phenomenological approach in nature of very subjective to interpret data. This paper is academic research based on the multimodal choice when chosen global suppliers with triple bottom line theory, cost distance model and trade-offs to substantiate the findings. This paper explores to provide an idea of the existing research and suggest potential chances for academic enquiry in connection to the operations management. Design/Methodology Approach-The researchers review the existing literature at the mind of the global transport modes options in any organisation. This literature links up to transport modes system in to assist in reviewing the multimodal choice in the current state global market of all disciplines of transport modes (road, rail, air, sea and pipeline). Suggestions have been made for future research in terms of the best modal option. Findings The findings show that the existing literature is mostly based on transport modes system without any application approach of the choice of modes. In addition, the findings suggest on the best option of the global transport modes that could adopted in any organisation sustainable supply chain strategies. The findings pointed out several strategies areas when selecting transport modes for cost advantage for future inquiry. Practical Implication This paper can be used by transport, logistics, supply chain and procurement professionals in every organisation as well as business that leads into import and export. Originality/Value This paper build on our knowledge on impact of multimodal choice on any organisation's sustainable supply chain strategies as it relates to key dimensions of triple bottom line ideology that had been previously used in literature to support the exiting literature in the paper and identify research opportunities for trade-offs.
The International Journal of Business & Management, 2021
Sustainable procurement is the quest for sustainable development goals (WCED, 1987) through the a... more Sustainable procurement is the quest for sustainable development goals (WCED, 1987) through the acquiring and supply process, and includes adjusting environmental, social and economic goals. It is rising on the policy agenda for some nations, yet knowledge stays constrained. The study seeks to investigate the impact of sustainable procurement on value for money and poverty alleviation. Content examination presented that sustainable procurement has a positive association and significant impact on value for money and poverty alleviation in the study countries. The poverty growth, inequality theory was adopted in three West African countries to examine this effect. The results are quite consistent with major researches on poverty alleviation and public procurement. With the use of Pedroni Cointegration test, it was established that there exists a long-term connection between the variables with labour and Inflation having a negative impact on poverty alleviation in the study countries from 1990-2017.
International Journal of Technology and Management Research, 2020
Ghana rose from an insignificant position in 1997/8 to become the topmost maritime transit corrid... more Ghana rose from an insignificant position in 1997/8 to become the topmost maritime transit corridor for landlocked countries in West Africa and particularly for Burkina Faso around 2006. Since then, Ghana's transit corridor has, generally, been recording a declining trend in the yearly percentage throughput of Burkina Faso's maritime transit cargo that is transported along it. Popular opinion in the transit business in West Africa suggests a negative relationship between the level of Ce d'Ivoire's political stability and Burkina Faso's maritime transit cargo throughput that is transported along Ghana's transit corridor. This work, using data drawn from 1998, 2000 and 2002-2014 investigated the empirical veracity of such an opinion. Data were sourced from World Governance Indicators and also through questionnaires that were administered to a sample drawn from five major stakeholder official institutions involved in transit trade in Ghana. The study found a sig...
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