Supply chain
Alternative labels
Supply chain economics
Supply chain organisation
Supply chain management
Journal article
Identification of potential uses of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for construction supply chain management: Preliminary studies
Supply chain construction continues to grow and becomes important in project management. This study aims to identify the potential use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in construction supply chain management.
Journal article
Optimization of green building design processes: case studies within the European union
Two case studies in Italy and two case studies in Spain are analyzed, and the effects of the project management issues are evaluated under three different points of view: Time, cost, and level of sustainability of the building. A poorly planned process for the achievement of the various green building features of the project can...
Policy report
Uyghurs for sale
China has attracted international condemnation for its network of extrajudicial ‘re-education camps’ in Xinjiang. This report exposes a new phase in China’s social re-engineering campaign targeting minority citizens, revealing new evidence that some factories across China are using forced Uyghur labour under a state-sponsored labour transfer scheme.
Report
World development report 2020: trading for development in the age of global value chains
Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This report examines whether there is still a path to development through GVCs and trade. It concludes that technological change is at this stage more a boon than a curse.
Briefing paper
Critical minerals and the role of U.S. mining in a low-carbon future
Critical minerals are an essential component of the transition to a low-carbon and clean energy future. This paper argues that there is no single policy solution that can address this multifaceted issue, but there is scope for bipartisan progress on incremental steps.