How to reduce carbon emissions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by knowledge sharing in China

Yao, Xin; Huang, Ruting

doi:10.1080/09537287.2019.1582096

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“…This is because SMEs are the critical power of innovation and complex problem solvers, while large corporations have economic strength and resources, which can mutually support each other and create collective values [ 15 , 32 , 34 ]. Within the cooperation, knowledge and resource sharing can encourage CE adoption and improve enterprises’ environmental management [ 44 ]. Second, with the continuous increase of corporate cooperation, industrial clusters have gradually formed and achieved industrial symbiosis.…”

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“…In the political perspective , firstly, government incentive, including tax reduction, subsidies, compensation, venture capital, investment, other financial facilitation and chances to participate in government’s programmes, motivates SMEs to adopt and implement CE the most [ 18 , 48 ]. It enables CE policies, regulations, and knowledge spread effectively and rapidly, and also stimulates the initiative of SMEs [ 44 ].…”

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Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review

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Sawang

Kivits

2021

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Circular Economy (CE) has attracted so much attention around the world as it can contribute to the balance between economic development and environmental sustainability, to address the increasing critical resources scarcity and environmental issues. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China are a major driving force in the economy with 43 million SMEs in 2020. Most of them maintain the traditional economic development method of "take–use", without considering the environment. This has caused great harm to the environment and resource availability. Therefore, Chinese SMEs must adopt CE in their business to address this issue. The current study aims to explore the key barriers (lack of time, lack of human resources and finance) and enablers (e.g., network, innovation, and reputation) for Chinese SMEs CE adoption. The current study employs a systematic review approach with thematic analysis to identify the internal and external barriers and enablers of CE adoption among SMEs. Moreover, a CE ecosystem has been proposed for identifying the key actors in the CE system, which will be beneficial for policy-makers to take into account when drafting and adjusting CE laws and regulations.

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Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review

Min

Sawang

Kivits

2021

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“…Environmental practices are seen by some as an extension of lean practices, however, this pre-supposes the existence of lean thinking and its associated language. Yao et al (2019) take a mathematical modelling approach to explain why it is difficult for the Chinese government to achieve carbon reductions of SMEs through command and control, with the policy cost being high compared to the likely returns. Instead they advocate market-oriented mechanisms to encourage knowledge sharing among SMEs alongside subsidies that promote carbon reduction.…”

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Developing a framework for adopting environmental manufacturing practices: learning from breweries

Ball

MacBryde

2020

Production Planning & Control

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There is a growing desire to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing operations through implementing new practices. There is a reasonable literature on environmental practices and the benefits they can bring. However, the literature is weak in two respects: firstly, it is heavily reliant on practices of leading firms, secondly there is little focus on understanding the conditions that foster the adoption of such practices. This paper addresses these shortfalls by presenting evidence of how any firm can start to improve their resource efficiency using new practices. Studying organisations with similar market conditions and production systems allows us to look at a breadth of firms in a single supply chain tier, with a range of environmental maturity. A grounded approach employing interviews, workshops and observation uncovers the conditions that help and hinder adoption of new ways of working. Specifically, the motivations for cost reduction through resource efficiency, aided by communities of practice but hindered by organisational barriers.Combining this with learning from theory, this paper advances environmental practice in manufacturing through learning from the experiences of UK brewers. The work contributes to knowledge by framing how companies of all shapes and sizes within a sector (not just the leading companies) can advance by adopting practices and avoiding barriers.

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“…In ecological economics, on the one hand, the important determining factors of environment are scale, composition, and technology (Song, Fisher, & Kwoh, 2019;Yao, Huang, & Song, 2019); on the other hand, the increases in the generation of wastes and the use of materials and energy (showing in scale) have generally been related in economic growth (Yao et al, 2019). These concepts are associated with the environmental Kuznets curve (Victor, 2010).…”

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Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Ecological Environment and Economic Development in Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia

Shi

Tian

Zhang

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Tropical Conservation Science

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This article is devoted to study the coordination coupling relationship between economic development and ecological environment in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia to reflect the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the coordination in different regions. Using the entropy method and Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression model, we empirically analyze 14 tropical and subtropical countries in Asia from 2003 to 2016. The empirical results show that most of the tropical and subtropical sample countries in Asia are at an intermediate coordination coupling level between economic development and ecological environment; the economic development lag type is the main one, and the ecological development lag type is less. At the same time, the positive effects between economic development and ecological environment in most sample countries are more obvious. Spatially, the ecological environment in the north of the Asian tropical and subtropical countries has a positive effect on economic development rather than that in the south and tends to be positive. The positive effect of economic development on ecological environment in the faster economic development areas is better than that in the slower economic development areas, and more areas tend to play negative effects. The research in this article provides a basis for strengthening ecological environment protection in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, promoting the coordinated development of economic and ecological environment. Further, we put forward some corresponding policy recommendations.

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How to reduce carbon emissions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by knowledge sharing in China

Cited by 33 publications

References 50 publications

Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review

Proposing Circular Economy Ecosystem for Chinese SMEs: A Systematic Review

Developing a framework for adopting environmental manufacturing practices: learning from breweries

Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Ecological Environment and Economic Development in Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia

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