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Overview

Joseph Sarkis is affiliated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to sustainable supply chain management and environmental sustainability in business. Their work also addresses supply chain resilience and risk management, blockchain technology applications and security, supply chain and inventory management, quality and supply management, as well as innovation and socioeconomic development.

They have contributed significantly to the literature in the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a total of 197 publications. Within this broad area, notable subfields of their research include Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Information Systems, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Blockchain technology and the sustainable supply chain: Theoretically exploring adoption barriers (2020), published in International Journal of Production Economics
  • Supply chain sustainability: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), published in International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • A brave new world: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for transitioning to sustainable supply and production (2020), published in Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Redesigning Supply Chains using Blockchain-Enabled Circular Economy and COVID-19 Experiences (2020), published in Sustainable Production and Consumption
  • Integrating sustainability and resilience in the supply chain: A systematic literature review and a research agenda (2021), published in Business Strategy and the Environment

Joseph Sarkis has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. Their most common coauthors include Qingyun Zhu, Chunguang Bai, Mahtab Kouhizadeh, Santosh Nandi, and Aref A. Hervani.

Their research has been published repeatedly in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • IEEE Engineering Management Review
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • International Journal of Production Economics
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Business Strategy and the Environment

Best Publications

  • RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE AMONG EARLY ADOPTERS OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CHINESE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • Blockchain technology and its relationships to sustainable supply chain management

    Sara Saberi;Mahtab Kouhizadeh;Joseph Sarkis;Lejia Shen

  • An Organizational Theoretic Review of Green Supply Chain Management Literature

    Joseph Sarkis;Qinghua Zhu;Kee Hung Lai

  • Performance measurement for green supply chain management

    Aref A. Hervani;Marilyn M. Helms;Joseph Sarkis

  • A STRATEGIC DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

    Joseph Sarkis

  • Green supply chain management in China: pressures, practices and performance

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Yong Geng

  • Stakeholder pressure and the adoption of environmental practices: The mediating effect of training

    Joseph Sarkis;Pilar Gonzalez-Torre;Belarmino Adenso-Diaz

  • Confirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Green supply chain management: A review and bibliometric analysis

    Behnam Fahimnia;Joseph Sarkis;Hoda Davarzani

  • Green supply chain management: pressures, practices and performance within the Chinese automobile industry

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • The moderating effects of institutional pressures on emergent green supply chain practices and performance

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • Quantitative models for sustainable supply chain management: Developments and directions

    Marcus Brandenburg;Marcus Brandenburg;Kannan Govindan;Joseph Sarkis;Stefan Seuring

  • Multi criteria decision making approaches for green supplier evaluation and selection: a literature review

    Kannan Govindan;Sivakumar Rajendran;Joseph Sarkis;P. Murugesan

  • Industry 4.0 technologies assessment: A sustainability perspective

    Chunguang Bai;Patrick Dallasega;Guido Orzes;Joseph Sarkis;Joseph Sarkis

  • AN INTER- SECTORAL COMPARISON OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN CHINA: DRIVERS AND PRACTICES

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • Institutional-based antecedents and performance outcomes of internal and external green supply chain management practices

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Integrating sustainability into supplier selection with grey system and rough set methodologies

    Chunguang Bai;Joseph Sarkis

  • A Model for Strategic Supplier Selection

    Joseph Sarkis;Srinivas Talluri

  • Towards a national circular economy indicator system in China: an evaluation and critical analysis

    Yong Geng;Yong Geng;Jia Fu;Jia Fu;Joseph Sarkis;Bing Xue

  • Green supply chain management implications for “closing the loop”

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Blockchain technology and the sustainable supply chain: Theoretically exploring adoption barriers

    Mahtab Kouhizadeh;Sara Saberi;Joseph Sarkis

Frequent Co-Authors

Qinghua Zhu
Qinghua Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chunguang Bai
Chunguang Bai University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yong Geng
Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Behnam Fahimnia
Behnam Fahimnia University of Sydney
Srinivas Talluri
Srinivas Talluri Michigan State University
Kee-hung Lai
Kee-hung Lai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Kannan Govindan
Kannan Govindan University of Adelaide

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