Intensifying effects of COVID-19 on economic growth, logistics performance, environmental sustainability and quality management: evidence from Asian countries

Ikram, Muhammad; Shen, Yichen; Ferasso, Marcos; D’Adamo, Idiano

doi:10.1108/jabs-07-2021-0316

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“…Moreover, it influences the food supply chain around the world, as well as food production [4,5] and transportation capacity [7]. In the study conducted by [8], the top six Asian countries affected by COVID-19 on their exports and logistic performance include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, India, Indonesia, and Philippines. The study found strong negative association of COVID-19 on exports and logistic performance.…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Food Supply Chain: A Case Study on Saudi Arabia

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The entire world is suffering from the post-COVID-19 crisis, and governments are facing problems concerning the provision of satisfactory food and services to their citizens through food supply chain systems. During pandemics, it is difficult to handle the demands of consumers, to overcome food production problems due to lockdowns, work with minimum manpower, follow import and export trade policies, and avoid transportation disruptions. This study aims to analyze the behavior of food imports in Saudi Arabia and how this pandemic and its resulting precautionary measures have affected the food supply chain. We performed a statistical analysis and extracted descriptive measures prior to applying hybrid statistical hypothesis tests to study the behavior of the food chain. The paired samples t-test was used to study differences while the independent samples t-test was used to study differences in means at the level of each item and country, followed by the comparison of means test in order to determine the difference and whether it is increasing or decreasing. According to the results, Saudi Arabia experienced significant effects on the number of items shipped and the countries that supplied these items. The paired samples t-test showed a change in the behavior of importing activities by—47% for items and countries. The independent t-test revealed that 24 item groups and 86 countries reflected significant differences in the mean between the two periods. However, the impact on 41 other countries was almost negligible. In addition, the comparison of means test found that 68% of item groups were significantly reduced and 24% were increased, while only 4% of the items remained the same. From a country perspective, 65% of countries showed a noticeable decrease and 16% a significant increase, while 19% remained the same.

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“…So, maintaining a competitive advantage requires initiating positive changes in a diverse world regarding economic development and environmental degradation [81,82]. Ikram et al [83] research findings show that governments must take corrective measures to prevent the economies from more damages and improve their logistics, environmental…”

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Roles of natural resources, globalization, and technological innovations in mitigation of environmental degradation in BRI economies

Majeed

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The environmental issue has become a global problem that needs to be examined frequently, motivating researchers to investigate it. Thus, the present study has investigated the asymmetric impact of natural resources, technological innovation, and globalization on the ecological footprint in the presence of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) economies. This research divided the BRI economies into high income, middle-income, and low-income levels to capture income differences. The study has used annual time series data from 1990 to 2018. The study applied a novel Augmented Mean Group estimators method to calculate the robust and reliable outcomes. The findings show that natural resources drastically damage the environment quality, whereas technological innovations are helpful in reducing environmental degradation. Moreover, the result of the interaction term (natural resources and technological innovations) negatively impacts the ecological footprint. Interestingly, these findings are similar in the three income groups. In addition, globalization improves environmental quality in the middle-income BRI economies but reduces in high-income, low-income, and full sample countries. Furthermore, the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) concept has been validated across all BRI economies. In line with these findings, several relevant policies are recommended for a sustainable environment in the BRI economies.

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“…The fifth article evaluated the measures to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through circular economy enablers and found that waste reduction and its transformation into a resource is the most important enabler for a sustainable and resilient supply chain (Agarwal et al , 2021). The sixth article analyzed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic growth, logistics performance, environmental sustainability and quality management in the context of Asian countries and found that the COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial negative impact on business performances for all countries such as India, Iran, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh and Pakistan (Ikram et al , 2021). The seventh article analyzed the key performance indicators (KPIs) of a healthcare supply chain and found that KPI-related strategies play a significant role in sustainable recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (Rahman et al , 2021b).…”

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Jabbour

2022

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Green recovery through sustainable supply chains: implications for Asian nations Statistics show a substantially increasing trend of unexpected and catastrophic events that supply chains have experienced in the recent past. For example, 1,438 epidemics have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) between 2010 and 2018 (Hudecheck et al., 2020). The impacts of these significant outbreaks are more severe for their unique features, such as the long-term existence of the disruptions, ripple effect on other activities, i.e. disruption propagations, and high uncertainty and simultaneous impacts on supply, demand and infrastructure (

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Intensifying effects of COVID-19 on economic growth, logistics performance, environmental sustainability and quality management: evidence from Asian countries

Cited by 34 publications

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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Food Supply Chain: A Case Study on Saudi Arabia

Impacts of COVID-19 on the Food Supply Chain: A Case Study on Saudi Arabia

Roles of natural resources, globalization, and technological innovations in mitigation of environmental degradation in BRI economies

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