A proposed strategic alignment of IS/IT with supply‐chain management for UAE dates industry

Jaffar, Ahmed; El-Khatib, Hazem; Hesson, Mihyar; Radaideh, Moh’d A.

doi:10.1108/14637150710740482

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“…Most of the prior studies on CSR disclosures analyzed only the nature and extent of disclosures (Sobhani et al , 2009). However, some studies examined both the extent and quality of CSR disclosures by companies (Jaffar et al , 2007; Haji, 2013). Some studies analyzed only the quantity of CSR disclosures in the annual reports (Tsang, 1998; Milne and Adler, 1999; Belal, 2001; Boesso and Kumar, 2007).…”

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Analyzing the corporate social responsibility disclosures of selected companies in India

Sekhon

Kathuria

2019

CCIJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent, quantity and quality of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures made by the top Indian companies in their annual reports. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzes the annual reports of the top 137 companies from CNX-500, over ten years, from 2008 to 2017. The technique of content analysis has been employed manually to examine the number of CSR activities disclosed, quantity and quality of CSR disclosures made by the selected companies in their annual reports. Also mean, percentages, trend analysis and analysis of variance have been employed to analyze the disclosures. Findings This study highlights that there is a continuous increase in the quantity of disclosures and the number of CSR activities disclosed by Indian companies over the selected period. It also observed that among the selected themes, most disclosed CSR activities are from “customer theme” and “community development theme.” Findings regarding the quality of CSR disclosures revealed that the “qualitative disclosures with specific information” are preferred most by the companies within India. Also, there is a significant variation in the quantity of CSR disclosures across the selected eight themes. Originality/value As most of the prior literature on CSR disclosures focused on developed countries in comparison to developing ones, this study contributes to the existing literature by carrying out an extensive investigation of this concept among the Indian companies. Moreover, there are very few studies addressing such a scientific inquiry in the Indian context, especially after the introduction of amendments in the Companies Act, 2013. Furthermore, this study utilizes a comprehensive research instrument consisting of a total of 178 CSR activities, divided across eight themes for collecting data on disclosures from the annual reports. This instrument can be used in the future studies on CSR disclosures in other developing countries as well.

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Analyzing the corporate social responsibility disclosures of selected companies in India

Sekhon

Kathuria

2019

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“…According to Kaplan and Norton (2000a, b), innovation, learning and growth perspectives involve improving employee satisfaction and commitment, and developing employee 32 IJPPM 63,1 technical skills and level of involvement in innovations. A review of the related literature reveals a strong emphasis on employees in fast-growth enterprises like the case of Company A (Nicholls-Nixon, 2005;Jaffar et al, 2007;Tan, 2007;Mbaga et al, 2011). Therefore, it is not surprising that Company A facilitates employee involvement as part of their performance measurement system.…”

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Adopting a contemporary performance management system

Behery

Jabeen²,

Parakandi³

2014

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this qualitative research is to explore the characteristics and issues related to the transition of a UAE-based fast-growth small-to-medium enterprise (FGSMEs) from the traditional performance management system (PMS) to a modern PMS through a design of a potential balanced scorecard (BSC) and strategy map for the company. Design/methodology/approach -The study was conducted in one of the FGSMEs that serves more than 16,000 farmers across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A qualitative case study methodology was used in this study. The focus was on "how" questions and exploratory analysis of primary and secondary data supported by in-depth interviews with senior managers. Findings -This research highlights the adoption of a new, more proactive performance management accounting -the BSC. It was found that the BSC initiatives already exist in the company but not clearly linked together and directed toward the effective implementation of BSC system. It was found that these initiatives were initiated by the interests of different work units but not properly integrated as one whole company system. Such initiatives if integrated together and aligned with the overall objectives and strategies of the company can facilitate the comprehensive adoption of the BSC system and maximize the possibility of achieving better measurement and management of organizational performance.Research limitations/implications -The study was limited to the UAE and it focussed exclusively on a single fast-growing enterprise. The results presented may not suitable to be generalized or extended to other contexts. Practical implications -Our study highlights the need for better understanding of the use of non-traditional-measurement mechanisms like the BSC, that may substitute for the roles of financial-based performance measurements and lead to superior performance to our case company. This study suggested that many of the roles played by traditional performance management can be substituted by, or supported by other mechanisms at the corporate level like the BSC system and the detailed design of a potential BSC and strategy map for the company will act as a guide to help in bringing the modern performance management techniques and tools into the other Eastern FGSMEs also. Originality/value -The paper contributes to the literature by being one of the first to study contemporary PMS within a middle-eastern context.

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“…In the era of information age, IS in SC has received much attention among the academicians and the practitioners [1,2]. Supply chain management includes the logistics flows, customer order management, the production processes, and the information flows necessary to monitor all the activities at the SC nodes [3].…”

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Information sharing in supply chain: Modeling the enablers

Kant

Pujara

Singh

2011

2011 IEEE International Conference on Quality and Reliability

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Information sharing (IS) encompasses the sharing between downstream members of supply chain (SC) to share their demand information effectively and efficiently with upstream members of SC. The enablers which assist in the IS enablement of SC are known as information sharing enablers (ISEs). The main aim of this paper is to understand mutual influence of ISEs using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and to identify driving ISEs (ISEs that support other ISEs) and dependent ISEs (ISEs that are most influenced by others ISEs). It has been observed that ISEs 'top management commitment' has high driving power and low dependency.

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A proposed strategic alignment of IS/IT with supply‐chain management for UAE dates industry

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Analyzing the corporate social responsibility disclosures of selected companies in India

Analyzing the corporate social responsibility disclosures of selected companies in India

Adopting a contemporary performance management system

Information sharing in supply chain: Modeling the enablers

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