2.4 Literaturereview
Literature review is a way to realize the ancestors’ achievement and how influence later, it help the authors use a better methodology to research the topics of interest (Ridley, 2010).
In this thesis, the authors will carry out the literature review about the theory of green logistics, why and how green logistic will be implemented in a supply chain in companies and supermarkets.
The literatures used in this thesis include scientific articles, books and journals. The keywords of this thesis are green logistics, sustainable development, Sweden and China. Literatures are mainly found in library and website, such as Google scholar, Science direct and IEEE.
2.5 Researchdesign
For this case, according to Blumberg (2005), six steps are taken in this thesis:
Building a theoretical framework
Screening cases, research questionnaire design and data collection.
Write a report about this case
Collect and analyze the conclusions of cross-case
Building a theoretical framework and put the cross- case result in this
theoretical framework.
Summary and report
The six steps outlined in Blumberg’s theory are:
Step 1: chapter three pays attention to building a comprehensive theoretical
framework, which mainly come down to the foundation of green logistics.