This edited book presents cutting edge international research in operations management sustainability and topical research themes. As the sustainability agenda gains greater prominence and momentum throughout society, business actors and stakeholders are increasingly concerned with the impact of current business operations. There is a growing need for OM research and practice which reflects these concerns. Based on demands from industry and society at large, universities and schools now develop academic programs which are meant to serve this need - yet there is no clear and manifest research program concerning OM and sustainability. This book is of use to both researchers orientating themselves in this new and exciting field and educators seeking inspiration to develop new courses.

<p></p><p>Introduction to the theme and the book

Sustainable operations Strategy and Management: an introduction chapter to section I
Flexibility of environmental regulations and the impact on operations innovation
Organizational Drivers and Barriers of Circular Supply Chain Operations
Inconsistent norms in buyer-supplier relations: a study of sustainability introduction in the Apparel industry
Theory building within SOM: an introduction chapter to section II
Business models in the circular economy and the enabling role of circular supply chains
Disentangling Sustainability-Oriented Innovation and Its Link to Environmental Sustainability: An Exploratory Study in the Aviation Industry
The impact of negative social / environmental events on the market value of supply chain partners
Maximizing the retained value of product cannibalization based on circular economy principles
Sustainable inter modal train transport
Mapping logistics services in sustainable productionand consumption systems: what are the necessary dynamic capabilities?
Using the green Performance Map: towards the next step in material efficiency measurement
Green capabilities and performance outcomes in logistics industry
Interaction between buyer and supplier in green public procurement, an absorptive capacity perspective.</p><p></p>