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Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping |
Authors: | Rühlin, Viola Del Duce, Andrea Scherrer, Maike |
et. al: | No |
DOI: | 10.3390/su151411058 10.21256/zhaw-28329 |
Published in: | Sustainability |
Volume(Issue): | 15 |
Issue: | 14 |
Page(s): | 11058 |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | MDPI |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | LCA; e-Commerce; Stationärer Handel; Nachhaltige Lieferkette; Ökobilanz; Kunde |
Subject (DDC): | 658.8: Marketing management |
Abstract: | E-commerce has gained increased popularity over the last decade. To date, there is an open debate as to whether e-commerce or brick-and-mortar shopping is environmentally less sustainable, especially due to the growing mobility resources needed for e-commerce distribution. The analysis at hand compares the CO2-equivalent emissions of e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping of pharmaceutical products considering spatial aspects and the typical transport modal mix of consumers when doing online and offline shopping. The object of analysis is a retailer of pharmaceutical products, more precisely, medicines, which offers, both, brick-and-mortar and online shopping possibilities. The results show that spatial aspects concerning the residential location of consumers, the vehicles used for shopping trips, the shopping basked size, and trip-chaining effects have a crucial impact on the mobility demand and CO2-equivalent emissions of the two commerce forms. In general, for rural and sub-urban areas, e-commerce results in lower CO2-equivalent emissions, while in urban areas, brick-and-mortar shopping is the favourable solution, if the consumers walk or cycle to the next pharmacy. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28329 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
Departement: | School of Engineering |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Rühlin, V., Del Duce, A., & Scherrer, M. (2023). The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping. Sustainability, 15(14), 11058. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411058
Rühlin, V., Del Duce, A. and Scherrer, M. (2023) ‘The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping’, Sustainability, 15(14), p. 11058. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411058.
V. Rühlin, A. Del Duce, and M. Scherrer, “The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping,” Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 14, p. 11058, 2023, doi: 10.3390/su151411058.
RÜHLIN, Viola, Andrea DEL DUCE und Maike SCHERRER, 2023. The impact of spatial aspects on the supply chain and mobility demand of pharmaceutical products in e-commerce and brick-and-mortar shopping. Sustainability. 2023. Bd. 15, Nr. 14, S. 11058. DOI 10.3390/su151411058
Rühlin, Viola, Andrea Del Duce, and Maike Scherrer. 2023. “The Impact of Spatial Aspects on the Supply Chain and Mobility Demand of Pharmaceutical Products in E-Commerce and Brick-and-Mortar Shopping.” Sustainability 15 (14): 11058. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411058.
Rühlin, Viola, et al. “The Impact of Spatial Aspects on the Supply Chain and Mobility Demand of Pharmaceutical Products in E-Commerce and Brick-and-Mortar Shopping.” Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 14, 2023, p. 11058, https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411058.
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