A hierarchical framework for assessing corporate sustainability performance using a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method-DEMATEL

Tseng, Ming‐Lang; Wu, Kuo‐Jui; Ma, Li; Kuo, Tsai‐Chi; Sai, Fuyume

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2017.10.014

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“…This study substantiates preliminary results concerning social image, corporate culture and stakeholder management to economic activities for CS performance improvement. Previous studies have either unclearly differentiated or have not tested the direct interrelationships among the aspects (Su et al, ; Tseng et al, ). This adds to the literature showing that the nature of interrelationships depends on effective sources of CS performance improvement.…”

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“…For instance, Perez‐Batres, Doh, Miller, and Pisani () stated that strategic resources contribute to sustainability decisions while implementation is considered, and revealed priority conservation practices with cost savings with points, energy preservation and waste deduction as domains that are most likely to contribute to cost savings, resource conservation and water management. Current debates have concentrated on the concept of sustainability, but only for the business context, reflecting on how firms can provide development that recognizes the needs of future generations through assuring social standards and protecting the natural environment (Tseng et al, ; Vildåsen et al, ; Witjes et al, ) . In a recent study, Tseng et al () concluded that firms' capabilities in their supply chain networks must address multi‐aspects (e.g.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In summary, there is an essential need for exploring more efficient and accurate performance approaches. Numerous prior studies have focused on CS practices (Gianni et al, ; Klettner et al, ; Tseng et al, ). Nonetheless, performance approaches and identifying the gaps remain absent in existing literature.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The shortcomings of prior studies include an insistence that performance measurement must include multiple perspectives based on qualitative and quantitative measures and, specifically, that the CS performance must be related to the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firms' resources. Hence, this study aims to identify the gaps that are utilized in the importance and performance analysis (Kaplan & Norton, ; Liu, Zhu, & Seuring, ; Tseng, Wu, Ma, Kuo, & Sai, ). For instance, Engert and Baumgartner () illustrated that the lack of studies regarding firms' practices reveals how there must be CS towards balancing TBL needs and practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Lin, Hu, Tseng, Chiu, and Lin () showed how the assessment of sustainability performance always encounters qualitative information and quantitative data. Tseng et al () illustrated that CS attributes include a hierarchical framework and demonstrated the complex interrelationships between qualitative information and quantitative data. Additionally, attributes are commonly interrelated (Lin et al, ; Pineda, Liou, Hsu, & Chuang, ; Tseng et al, ) and a set of measurements exist in the hierarchical model (Lin & Tseng, ; Montúfar & Rauh, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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This study: (i) contributes to screening less important corporate sustainability attributes, (ii) proposes an interrelationship and hierarchical model based on the focal firm in the electronic industry's approach, and (iii) compares the performance and importance levels to identify performance improvement attributes. Prior studies neglected performance improvement with interrelationships and hierarchical structure analytical models built on multi‐attributes. Hence, this study proposes to integrate exploratory factor analysis to eliminate less important attributes, adopts a fuzzy synthetic method to address the hierarchical model, and the fuzzy synthetic and the decision‐making trial and evaluation laboratory methods to trace the attributes' importance and performance levels. The importance and performance level discrepancies indicated improvement. The social image, corporate culture and stakeholder management led to economic activities. The results indicate that top management support and manager attitude and behaviour are the drivers of corporate sustainability performance improvement.

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Textile production in developing countries is known to be associated with significant environmental, social, and economic challenges. Existing research has mostly focused on singular aspects of sustainability, while no consensus exists on the importance and applicability of sustainability indicators. To address these gaps, this study utilized an integrated approach involving the Delphi method and the fuzzy best‐worst method (BWM) to develop a comprehensive framework by identifying and formulating sustainability indicators tailored for the textile industry in developing countries and assess their importance and applicability. Through three consecutive rounds of Delphi, a total of 64 sustainability indicators were identified (16 economic, 24 environmental, and 24 social indicators). Next, fuzzy BWM was employed to determine the importance and applicability of these indicators. The results show that (a) environmental indicators overall have higher applicability scores, (b) the top three critical indicators were raw material usage, operational costs, and fuel consumption, and (c) nearly half of the indicators (29/64) were deemed highly applicable, with 34.5% (10/29) of these falling under environmental, 34.5% (10/29) under economic, and 31% (9/29) under social dimensions. Finally, the utility of the framework is demonstrated through an empirical case study in a textile manufacturing company in Nigeria.

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The circular economy (CE) represents a major paradigm shift of moving from the concepts of linear to circular supply chains across multiple industries. Although some aspects of CE adoption within industrial supply chains have been researched extensively (particularly addressing challenges of design, implementation, and operations), the research that relates CE practices with sustainability performance to reveal the current state of CE practices within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) is scant. The aim of this research was to facilitate SMEs to achieve greater sustainability through CE implementation. This research addresses three research questions—How are CE fields of action related to sustainability performance? What are the issues, challenges, and opportunities of adopting CE in SMEs? And what key strategies, resources, and competences facilitate effective implementation of CE in SMEs? This study adopts a mixed method approach (qualitative and quantitative) using survey research, focus group, and case studies; 130 randomly selected SMEs within the Midlands of the United Kingdom have been surveyed, and the responses are analysed using statistical tools along with findings from focus groups and case studies. The study reveals that all CE fields of action (take, make, distribute, use, and recover) of SMEs are correlated to economic performance, but only make and use are related to environmental and social performance. The study further derives strategies, resources, and competences for achieving sustainability across all the CE field of actions. Additionally, this research reveals the issues and challenges, strategies, resources, and competences required for implementing CE in SMEs.

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A hierarchical framework for assessing corporate sustainability performance using a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method-DEMATEL

Cited by 72 publications

References 37 publications

Corporate sustainability performance improvement using an interrelationship hierarchical model approach

Corporate sustainability performance improvement using an interrelationship hierarchical model approach

A comprehensive framework for the sustainability indicators in the textile industry of developing countries

Circular economy to enhance sustainability of small and medium‐sized enterprises

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