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1、绿色物流策略-分析使用模式外文翻译外文翻译原文:GREENLOGISTICSSTRATEGIES:ANANALYSISOFUSAGEPATTERNSAbstractEnvironmentalissuesaffectnumerouslogisticaldecisionsthroughoutthevaluechain.Thisresearchidentifiesstrategiesthataremostandleastpopularformanagingandrespondingtosuchissues,andprovidesevidenceofrelationship
2、sbetweenselectcompanycharacteristicsandtheparticulartypesofstrategiesemployedinmanaginglogistics-relatedenvironmentalimpacts.DatasourcesincludedcompaniesintheUnitedStates,Canada,andtheEuropeanUnion.Studyresultssuggestthatthegreenlogisticsstrategiesofrecyclingmaterials,reducingconsumpti
3、on,andreusingmaterialsareuniversallypopularamongwesternindustrializednations.Firmsthatexhibitmoreintensecommitmenttoenvironmentalismthantheirpeersaugmentuseoftheseuniversalstrategieswithvariousspecializedthrusts,suchasenvironmentalauditsThereislittlequestionthatenvironmentalissueshaveb
4、ecomeanimportantconsiderationformanybusinessdecisionmakersinrecentyears,withsomecorporateexecutiveshavingreferredtothe1990sasthe"decadeoftheenvironment."Manycompaniesaredesigningtheirproductstobemoreenvironmentallyfriendly,andmanyareusingmoreenvironmentallyfriendlypackagingmaterials.Es
5、timatesofthecurrentenvironmental,orgreen,marketrangeupwardsof$200billion.Whilethereisaburgeoningbodyofliteratureinvolvingenvironmentalissuesinotherbusinessdisciplinessuchasmarketing,thecorrespondingliteratureinvolvinglogisticshasbeencharacterizedas"smallbutexpanding."Spurringthisexpans
6、ionistherecognitionbyanumberofwriters,suchasLambertandStockaswellasHandfieldandNichols,thatrespondingtoenvironmentalissueswillbeoneofthemajorchallengesfacinglogisticsandsupplychainmanagementintheforeseeablefuture.Suchrecognitiontendstoconfirmtheviewthatenvironmentalismhas"comeofage"asa
7、majortopicinlogisticsandnolongercanberegardedassimplyaperipheralconcernorfadIndeed,WuandDunndemonstratethatenvironmentalissuescanimpactnumerouslogisticaldecisions,includingtheacquisitionofrawmaterials,inboundlogistics,andoutboundlogistics,throughoutthevaluechain.Withrespecttotheacqui