Corporate sustainable performance assessment based on fuzzy logic

Pîslaru, Marius; Herghiligiu, Ionuţ Viorel; Robu, Ioan-Bogdan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.130

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“…More recent studies in the field of SMEs on CSR practices indicate that to meet the needs of stakeholders these types of companies are adopting global practices, such as environmental actions, ecological products, marketing-focused campaigns, and social and green marketing-innovation, in the organizational climate (based on guidelines from international organizations) [73,74]. These strategies are leading them to compete with larger corporations and moving them towards achieving significant organizational and financial results [75,76]. Derived from this empirical analysis, the following hypotheses are issued: Hypothesis 3 (H3).…”

Section: The Relationship Of Csr With Financial Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Learning and Corporate Social Responsibility Drivers of Performance in SMEs in Northwestern Mexico

2019

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The main objective of this article is to examine the effects of the organizational learning and corporate social responsibility (social, economic and environmental) practices that exert on the financial performance of SMEs (small and medium enterprises). The research is based on a sample of 343 companies of which 19.8% belong to the primary sector, 26.6% to the secondary sector and 53.6% to the tertiary sector of the northwestern region of Mexico. The data were collected from February to May 2018 with the support of a self-directed structured survey of company managers. For the analysis and validation of the results, the statistical technique of the structural equations model (SEM) based on the variance was used to validate the structured relationships in this investigation through PLS (partial least squares). These analyses were prepared with the support of SmartPLS version 3.2.8 Professional. The results indicate that OLE (organizational learning) is a key element to strengthen CSR (corporate social responsibility) practices and increase financial performance in these types of companies, and that CSR is key to increasing financial performance. In addition, it was found that the OLE is a variable that mediates the relationship between CSR and financial performance. The work contributes to the development of the literature of organizational learning, the theory of resources and capabilities, and stakeholder theory

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Section: The Relationship Of Csr With Financial Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Learning and Corporate Social Responsibility Drivers of Performance in SMEs in Northwestern Mexico

2019

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“…Thus, it becomes clear that knowledge management practices can positively and significantly influence sustainable balanced performance of industrial knowledge-based companies manufacturing advanced machinery and equipment. According to studies made from the first-hand resources like Scopus and Web of Science, it is possible to say that researchers like Houck et al [11] and Pislaru et al [12] have provided frameworks to evaluate sustainable balanced performance through a sustainable balanced scoreboard. However, the current research has presented a sustainable balanced performance in the factor analysis and multivariate statistical analysis.…”

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“…Researcher believes that innovation activities are considered as an important and key source in accessing competitive sustainable advantages, flexibility, and overcoming inconsistencies [9]. According to study by [10], and by searching in scientific engines like Web of science and Scopus, we found that most research and studies in the domain of SBP are based on a mathematical approach [11,12]. In addition, other researchers have paid attention to performance issues according to traditional approaches [13][14][15].…”

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“…In addition, other researchers have paid attention to performance issues according to traditional approaches [13][14][15]. Although these studies [11,12] have addressed SBP issues, to the best knowledge of the authors, the concept of SBP has not been addressed in an empirical study. Therefore, in order to bridge the extant gap in the literature, this study was done.…”

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How do Knowledge Management Practices Affect Sustainable Balanced Performance? Mediating Role of Innovation Practices

2019

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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of innovation practices (IP) amidst relations of knowledge management practices (KMP) and sustainable balanced performance (SBP). Furthermore, this research illustrates a comprehensive empirical study in the Iranian knowledge-based industrial companies that are the manufacturers of advanced machineries and equipment. First- and second-order exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was done to confirm constructs validity. Then, relations among variables were studied by applying the partial least squares (PLS) technique to collected data from 104 industrial knowledge-based companies. The results obtained from the analysis supported all the research hypotheses. KPM significantly and strongly affects IP and SBP. Also, IP mediates the relations between KPM and SBP in industrial knowledge-based firms.

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“…Fuzzy logic theory is a methodology, first proposed by Zadeh in 1965, that is widely applied in various domains today. For example, it has been applied in the following domains: corporate sustainable performance assessment [35], groundwater contamination estimation [36], hydrothermal process assessment [37], habitat ecological integrity and environmental impact assessment [38], renewable energy system assessment [39], and agricultural soil dynamic quality index assessment [40].…”

Section: Delphi Methods and Fuzzy Logic Theorymentioning

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Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities

2019

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The Industrial Revolution has enabled mechanization to lead the manufacturing industry into a new era of explosive economic growth. Mass production through the use of machines has improved the overall societal prosperity in industrialized countries. The great and continuous demand of mechanization, economic growth, and energy consumption has resulted in the excessive use of natural resources and the mining of natural energy deposits. Challenges such as serious environmental pollution, ecological damage, and climate change have been identified as some of the critical issues for sustainable development. Therefore, this paper proposes a Delphi and Fuzzy (DFuzzy) model in order to institute low-carbon ecocities. DFuzzy is a scientific decision-making model with quantitative multiple attributes and artificial intelligence. Twelve specialists from the Delphi experts were interviewed, including chief executive officers (CEOs) of industries, management committee members, and senior academics, all of whom have 15 years of experience in urban planning practice. After a three-round Delphi process with 17 criteria that were taken from the literature, four criteria of the DFuzzy model were recognized by experts: policy norms, resident cooperation, pollution prevention and control, and ecological reserves. The practical application of the DFuzzy model took three areas as examples: the Baiyun District and Conghua District of Guangzhou City, and the Dahu Community of Kaohsiung City. Through the experts’ consensus in the two-round Delphi process, the four criteria, as the input basis, demonstrated the objective quantitative calculation function of the DFuzzy model and also indicated that the model established in this study provides a reference for evaluating low-carbon ecocities.

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Corporate sustainable performance assessment based on fuzzy logic

Cited by 81 publications

References 99 publications

Organizational Learning and Corporate Social Responsibility Drivers of Performance in SMEs in Northwestern Mexico

Organizational Learning and Corporate Social Responsibility Drivers of Performance in SMEs in Northwestern Mexico

How do Knowledge Management Practices Affect Sustainable Balanced Performance? Mediating Role of Innovation Practices

Conceptualization and Development of a DFuzzy Model for Low-Carbon Ecocities

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