Integration of Quality and Innovation Practices for Global Sustainability: An Empirical Study of Indian SMEs

Gupta, Hima

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“…Figure shows a breakdown of the number of studies in our research on barriers to environmentally sustainable SMEs. Barriers that seem to come up for SMEs are lack of resources, lack of knowledge, and lack of government support and legislation (Doluca, Wagner, & Block, ; Gupta, ; Yacob & Wong, ). Lack of knowledge was specifically more observed in developing countries.…”

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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is crucial, and businesses are demanded to be more environmentally sustainable every day. This study conducts an analysis of the literature on small and medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) environmental sustainability by carefully examining 122 studies from 58 journals published from 2013 to 2019. We investigate the trends in drivers and barriers of sustainability adoption to inform both SMEs managers and policymakers. Our results also classify the reviewed studies on the basis of their methodologies and show the distribution of studies across industry sectors and locations in order to set directions for future research on sustainability practices of SMEs.

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“…Measurement of business performance is using a balanced scorecard developed by to Kaplan and Norton (1992) to evaluate aspects of the company on four dimensions, namely, financial dimensions and non-financial dimensions that include customer perspectives, internal business processes, and learning and growth. Measurement of innovation ability uses indicators of organizational innovation, processes, products/services, marketing, and relationships (Martinez-Cones et al, 2017;Gupta, 2017;Rajapathirana & Hui, 2018). Before being distributed, the questionnaire had passed a pilot test to 30 respondents and its validity and reliability was tested using SPSS 16.0.…”

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Competitive Pressure and Business Performance in East Java Batik Industry

Soewarno¹,

Tjahjadi²,

Permatanadia³

2020

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This study aims to assess the impact of competitive pressure and innovation capability on business performance in small-and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in the batik industry in East Java, Indonesia. Furthermore, this study explores the impact of competitive pressure on business performance through innovation capability as a mediating variable. This research was quantitative using primary data with questionnaire as a method of sampling collection. The measurement of the variables was captured using Likert scale. The respondents were small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the batik industry in East Java Province, Indonesia. The sample totaled 254 subjects. The data analysis was done using SEM-PLS. The results of the study show that: 1) there was a positive direct impact of competitive pressure on business performance; 2) competition pressure positively influences innovation capability; 3) innovation capability positively influences business performance; and 4) innovation capability has a partial mediating role in the effect of competitive pressures on business performance. The findings of this study suggest that managers in SME's batik industry should increase their effort to cope with the high competitive pressure to increase the innovation capability, so that they can have an advantage to face successfully competitors, leading to higher business performance.

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“…As a result, products, processes, and practices will be developed with the target of social value creation, along with increased economic returns. These practices will lead to improvements of the product and/or service quality, resulting in financial returns, a higher market share, and a sustainable growth pattern [23,24]. As a consequence, sustainability targets are strongly connected to the adoption of eco-innovations, given their respect for the environment and their requirements in terms of efficient resource management [25], and apply to goods, services, processes, or business models [14].…”

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Carrots or Sticks: Which Policies Matter the Most in Sustainable Resource Management?

Costa

2021

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Green growth has resulted from resource management, setting the speed for sustainable development. Eco-innovations are essential for the improvement of a firm’s performance with societal gains, demanding special attention from policy makers. This paper deals with the effect of policy actions on the enhancement of eco-innovation adoption. The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2012–2014 is used to estimate the impact of ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks’ on innovations with ecological benefits. In addition, the impact of a firm’s structural characteristics in ecological strategies is investigated. Regulations and taxes enhance eco-innovation, but grants are only relevant in the case of eco-innovations with external benefits. The firm dimension and non-technological innovation also increase the eco-innovation propensity. Embedding policy actions with environmental concerns will enhance social responsibility and promote resource preservation, providing waste as an economic value. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to appraise the effectiveness of the different policy instruments applied in the adoption of innovation with ecological benefits with both internal and external benefits. Secondly, it aims to identify which firm characteristics determine these managerial strategies. Hopefully, light will be cast on the topic so that public and private decision-makers will be given recommendations for policy package design working towards smart and green growth.

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Integration of Quality and Innovation Practices for Global Sustainability: An Empirical Study of Indian SMEs

Cited by 22 publications

References 37 publications

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

Competitive Pressure and Business Performance in East Java Batik Industry

Carrots or Sticks: Which Policies Matter the Most in Sustainable Resource Management?

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