Sustainability of manufacturing and services: Investigations for research and applications

Gunasekaran, Angappa; Spalanzani, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.011

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“…Studies in social sustainability investigate, in their majority, critical factors and enablers (antecedents) (Clarkson, 1995;McWilliams and Siegel, 2000;Ehrgott et al, 2011;Searcy and Buslovich, 2014); and the impact of social sustainability on performance (Kolk et al, 2010;Gunasekaran and Spalanzani, 2012;Delai and Takahashi, 2013;Sebastiani et al, 2014). However, social issues and antecedents of social sustainability vary across geographic locations (Gugler and Shi, 2009;Huq et al, 2014).…”

Section: Supply Chain Social Sustainability and Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Understanding the three distinct dimensions namely economic, environment and social, and their inter-relationships is crucial (Elkington, 1999;Pagell and Wu, 2009;Gallengo et al, 2015). However, the social dimension has received little attention in the literature (Ashby et al, 2012;Seuring and Muller, 2008;Ahi and Searcy, 2015a), whereas the majority of studies refer to developed countries Jennings, 2002, 2004;Gunasekaran and Spalanzani, 2012;Pinar et al, 2014). In developing countries and emerging economies, apart from few studies (Zhu et al, 2005;Delai and Takahashi, 2013;Chand et al, 2015;Silvestre, 2015a;2015b;Gurtu et al, 2015), research on supply chain social sustainability (SCSS) is scarce.…”

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Social sustainability in the supply chain: Construct development and measurement validation

Mani

Agarwal

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Research on social sustainability in developing countries has recently gained importance for both academics and practitioners. Studies in the supply chain management field take either a supplier or a manufacturer perspective that address predominantly corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues referring to the internal stakeholders. Our research integrates the literature on supplier, manufacturer, and customer responsibility and proposes the concept of supply chain social sustainability (SCSS) that refers to addressing social issues within the overall (upstream and downstream) supply chain. Furthermore, we develop and empirically validate scales for measuring SCSS using in-depth interviews and a survey in the Indian manufacturing industry. Our results suggest that SCSS consists of six underlying dimensions, namely equity, safety, health and welfare, philanthropy, ethics, human rights, in a 20-item valid and reliable scale. We discuss the implications of the findings for research and practice and suggest future research avenues.

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Section: Supply Chain Social Sustainability and Dimensionsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Social sustainability in the supply chain: Construct development and measurement validation

Mani

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Gunasekaran

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“…There is also extensive literature providing evidence on how organisation's strategic plans can positively impact sustainable development, but they are predominantly focused on other sectors, such as Manufacturing and Retail (Erol et al, 2009;Garetti and Taisch, 2012;Gunasekaran and Spalanzani, 2012;Jones et al, 2005). However, there is a paucity of research on how strategic planning can influence the incorporation of sustainability within the curriculum and property portfolio, such as development, refurbishment, maintenance and management, in the higher education sector.…”

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Engaging sustainability good practice within the curriculum design and property portfolio in the Australian higher education sector

Poon

2017

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Purpose The aim of this research is to evaluate the extent which university’s strategic plans affect the level of incorporation of sustainability within the curriculum design and property portfolio. Design/methodology/approach This research adopted a case study approach. The case study institution was Deakin University in Australia. This paper used a qualitative research method. Desk-top study included the review of the University’s Strategic Plan, policy agenda on sustainability and the documents on sustainability courses and units. Semi-structured interviews were held with academics who have course development and management responsibility within the university, colleagues who have a sustainability-focused role on estate management and colleagues whose roles are to manage sustainability initiatives at institution level. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was used to analyse the interview data. Findings Despite the University having a clear strategic aims and initiatives on the incorporation of sustainability within curriculum design and property portfolio, there is disconnection between policy development and policy implementation. As a result, the incorporation of sustainability varies largely between curricula within the institution. The incorporation of sustainability within the property portfolio is clear and effective. However, within the curriculum it is polarised. The level of incorporation depends on the nature of the course or unit and is largely driven by the initiatives of the individual academic. Good practice identified in the incorporation of sustainability within the curriculum is to use a problem-based approach supported by real life projects to enhance the students’ authentic learning experience. The good practice for successfully incorporating sustainability into the property portfolio is to have clear vision of what it has planned to achieve and to ensure there is a balance between sustainability and value for money. Originality/value This is pioneering research to investigate the incorporation of sustainability into higher education in a more comprehensive way. This paper considered the impact of strategic planning on the incorporation of sustainability within a higher education, on both curriculum design and property portfolio management

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“…The seven-point Likert scale was employed throughout the instrument, with the use of the terms 'strongly disagree' and 'strongly agree' corresponding to each item. Specifically, items used in measuring policy and regulation (Natarajan et al, 2012;USDC, 2012), strategic leadership items (Gimenez et al, 2012;Seidel et al, 2006;Thomas et al, 2012;Nidumolu et al, 2009), resource availability items (Gunasekaran and Spalanzani, 2012;Johansson and Winroth, 2010;Thomas et al, 2012) and market forces items (Rusinko, 2007;Gunasekaran and Gallear, 2012). Additionally, firm performance items measured from triple bottom line perspectives, economic and environmental items (Millar and Russell, 2011) while social items (Park and Pavlovsky, 2010;Fan et al, 2010).…”

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Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size

Roni

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The growing concern of the negative impact of manufacturing activities on triple bottom line has led researchers to embark on sustainable manufacturing study. Empirical evidence from previous research has demonstrated that sustainable manufacturing is a comprehensive strategy to minimize the negative impact to the environment. However, study on the link of sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance in Malaysia remains inconclusive, thus need for further investigation. Moreover, the possible explanation for the inconsistent relationship is due to the difference in firm size of manufacturing firms involved in sustainable manufacturing activities. This research intends to investigate the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between SM drivers and firm performance. Data was collected from selected industries in manufacturing firms in Malaysia and analyzed with SEM-AMOS. The empirical result revealed that firm size moderates the relationship between market forces and strategic leadership with firm performance. The relationships between policy and regulation and resource availability with firm performance were not significantly moderated by firm size. The results indicate that larger firms will experience a higher rate of firm performance as having advantage of firm size compared to smaller firms.

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Sustainability of manufacturing and services: Investigations for research and applications

Cited by 518 publications

References 75 publications

Social sustainability in the supply chain: Construct development and measurement validation

Social sustainability in the supply chain: Construct development and measurement validation

Engaging sustainability good practice within the curriculum design and property portfolio in the Australian higher education sector

Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size

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