Reconciling Product Flexibility with Cost, Delivery, and Quality: The Importance of Bundling Mass Customization Practices

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Abstract Reconciling product flexibility with cost, delivery, and quality is an ambidextrous organizational capability known as mass customization capability. This study focuses on how this affected by the joint implementation of three practices––knowledge absorption from customers, modularity, online sales configurator use––that directly correspond to fundamental building blocks identified prior, influential research. By drawing upon a central tenet resource orchestration theory, fit-as-covariation perspective, prior research, we conceptually develop hypothesis that these practices has stronger positive association than same implemented in isolation. was tested using covariance-based structural equation modeling survey data 213 manufacturing plants industries across 16 countries. Our results support hypothesis, showing effect explains substantially more variation (41.9%) their isolated effects (13.9%). amount indicates size greater reported most previous survey-based studies antecedents Theoretically, paper adds relatively limited body knowledge relationships among enablers highlighting benefits holistic approach under investigation. Pragmatically, helps companies create flexible systems are able provide customized products without compromising or quality.

Language: Английский

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Encouraging adoption of green manure technology to produce clean rice product

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: May 29, 2023

Abstract Green manure is used as an environmentally friendly technology to produce clean agricultural products. This not only helps reduce environmental and health concerns, but can also increase productivity. especially needed in the production of paddy. Because rice a strategic product main food people many countries world. Rice using green enable develop healthy production. However, acceptance this low producing countries. In regard, study integrated extended version theory planned behavior predict encourage adoption Iran. To collect required data, cross-sectional survey was performed among Iranian growers results hypothesis testing were analyzed partial least squares-based structural equation modeling. The revealed that moral norms manure, attitude towards perceived behavioral control on trialability have positive significant effects intention manure. addition, bootstrap analysis showed positively significantly mediated (indirect) subjective application led important practical theoretical implications could provide new insights for policy-makers, planners, practitioners

Language: Английский

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Sustainable food waste management in supermarkets

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 43, P. 204 - 216

Published: Nov. 13, 2023

Food waste represents a significant burden to management systems, exacerbating food insecurity and contributing global pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss. Supermarkets bear partial responsibility for waste, yet their sustainability efforts could also contribute solution. The present work aims at evaluating sustainable approach within supermarkets. To this end, we conducted multi-criteria analysis, incorporating the perspectives of academic experts 505 Italian consumers. Experts deemed residual value apps most solution in supermarkets, while emphasising influence price brand image. consumer analysis corroborated these results. Specifically, consumers expressed willingness pay 36 % less bag goods set expire 2–3 days, which increased 60 24 h. findings point opportunities mutual benefit between suppliers when is effectively managed store, thereby highlighting need further, product-focused research.

Language: Английский

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Can blockchain help curb “greenwashing” in green finance? - Based on tripartite evolutionary game theory

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 435, P. 140447 - 140447

Published: Dec. 29, 2023

Language: Английский

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Innovative Business Models for a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy in the French Agrifood Domain

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 5499 - 5499

Published: March 21, 2023

In recent years, the circular economy and bioeconomy have increasingly been developed in France, driven by public policies. this article, innovative business models French agrifood domain are studied concerning main drivers, model elements, principles, enablers barriers, sustainability benefits. The study is based on an online review analysis of 44 local, collaborative small-scale initiatives. It appears that strategies businesses seven pillars laid out Agency for Environment Ecological Transition, mostly recycling, sustainable procurement, industrial territorial ecology. Geographical embeddedness relational proximity actors other crucial factors play a role success these models, next to pro-environmental consumer trends local support. outcomes further reveal all three dimensions integrally considered with environmental social slightly prominent above economic one. application game concept its building blocks (time, playing fields, pieces, moves, players, rules, wins or loses) allows demonstrate essential elements emerging within systems, their dynamic interrelations need full policy attention.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability performance and sustainability reporting in SMEs: a love affair or a fight?

Journal of Management & Organization, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(3), P. 574 - 599

Published: July 21, 2023

Abstract This research aims to analyse the links and potential limiting supporting factors between sustainability actions reporting. Comparing companies involved in those whose reporting practices lack a formal system, this analysis focuses on Italian small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meat cured industry, identifying perspective (formative) that action communication these SMEs. The qualitative interpretative approach, based semistructured interviews, highlights relevant strengths weaknesses concerning substantive effect of them, providing implications for international sectoral policies management choices. Filling gap SME literature their approaches (and relationship thereof), study also introduces, as widely used practice, ‘greenhushing’, i.e., deliberate absence or limited effectively implemented salient results.

Language: Английский

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Circular economy orientation from corporate social responsibility: A view based on structural equation modeling and a fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis

Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 2, 2024

Abstract Seeking sustainable development, companies voluntarily implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach, considering economic, social and environmental aspects of interest to global society. Searching for Circular Economy (CE) emerged as a new philosophy life meet challenges in This research links CSR CE but jointly Institutional Stakeholder Theories delimit development framework from EC approach driven by CSR. According this framework, it was tested whether practices positively significantly impacts on business orientation towards CE, two models ( Model A B ) each them analyzed with independent samples Spain. Both are composed Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at different stages adoption. The hypotheses were structural equation modeling‐fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis (SEM‐fsQCA). result SEM supports hypothesis both models. So, driving incorporating propositions stakeholders' value creation. Moreover, an fsQCA revealed combinations relationships that ensure consistency obtained results, generating five configurations based defined. Main contribution work is their can be linked. encourages deep about relations between CSR, specific should enhanced beneficial effect implementation CE.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable performance measurement through digital transformation within the sustainable development framework: The mediating effect of supply chain concentration

Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 16, 2024

Abstract This study establishes a conceptual framework, “digital transformation – supply chain concentration sustainable performance”, to address the existing knowledge gap and elucidate nuanced connections between digital transformation, concentration, performance. Indeed, body of literature does not offer detailed analyses pathways effects concerning interplay among three dimensions within development framework. The model's foundation is rooted in stakeholder theory. By examining sample 3947 listed Chinese firms, this study's results highlight noteworthy link enhanced performance, assessed through triple bottom line thus helping achieve goals (SDGs), such as eighth ninth SDGs. improvement attributed reducing promoting diversified configuration. Furthermore, correlation performance settings demonstrates significant heterogeneity. enhances theory by demonstrating that contribute supporting SDGs offering managers pathway for development. It also calls policies promote chains improve societal welfare sustainability practices.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems: A Systematic Review

Forests, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(10), P. 1728 - 1728

Published: Sept. 29, 2024

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods provide a framework for addressing sustainable forest management challenges, especially under climate change. This study offers systematic review of MCDM applications in from January 2010 to March 2024. Descriptive statistics were employed analyze trends use and geographic distribution. Thematic content analysis investigated the appearance indicators supplemented by Natural Language Processing (NLP). Factorial Correspondence Analysis (FCA) explored correlations between models publication outlets. We systematically searched Web Science (WoS), Scopus, Google Scholar, Semantic CrossRef, OpenAlex using terms such as ‘MCDM’, ‘forest management’, ‘decision support’. found that Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Technique Order Preference Similarity Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) most commonly used methods, followed Ranking Organization Method Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE), Analytic Network (ANP), GIS, Goal Programming (GP). Adoption varied across regions, with advanced AHP GIS less frequently developing countries due technological constraints. These findings highlight emerging gaps application, particularly argan forests, emphasizing need context-specific frameworks support face

Language: Английский

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Effects of sustainable innovation on stakeholder engagement and societal impacts: The mediating role of stakeholder engagement and the moderating role of anticipatory governance

Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 26, 2024

Abstract While sustainable innovation practice is encouraged in enterprises belonging to the manufacturing sector for reducing their carbon footprint and mitigating negative ecological impacts, there a lack of empirical evidence regarding effects innovation. Hence, this study attempts investigate influence on stakeholder engagement societal impact. Additionally, study, an attempt made bring forth insights into mediation moderation SE, anticipatory governance, respectively. Based analysis cross‐sectional data from 456 Chinese individuals, our results, using partial least square structural equation modeling, reveal significant influences impacts. Furthermore, though partially mediates innovation–societal impact relationship, by governance innovation–stakeholder relationship. These findings provide invaluable insight policymakers China set regulations incentives that will allow birth sustainability industries.

Language: Английский

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