Analysis model of the sustainability development of manufacturing small and medium- sized enterprises in Taiwan

Chang, An-Yuan; Cheng, Yen-Tse

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.025

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“…Sustainability is presented somewhat as a synonym of corporate sustainability and CSR, namely under the approach of the triple bottom line, i.e., considering the environmental, economic and social views [27]. In recent years, growing attention has been paid to sustainability as one of the most significant business goals because of organizations' concerns about human rights and the protection of the environment [28]. Researchers aim to explore how CSR can be integrated into strategic planning and how the three aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic and social views) can be aligned with the components of business strategy (mission, resources, market, customer needs, competitive advantage, stakeholder interests and value) [5,6,29].…”

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Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Decision Support Methods: A Bibliometric Analysis

2020

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Sustainability is becoming an increasing issue for decision-makers and scholars worldwide and many managers understand the significance of the strategic approach of corporate sustainability. However, they face difficulties in aligning sustainable development and strategic management as well as to implement it in practice. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to conduct a bibliometric analysis exploring the integration of strategic management, decision-making and corporate sustainability, providing a framework of interrelated issues according to the current literature in this area. 72 peer-reviewed papers were analyzed based on Webster’s and Watson’s (2002) methodology. The results of this review revealed that the number of publications in this domain has increased in the last decade, and there is a need to foster research (especially empirical) in this field because managers should find out ways to implement, in action, corporate sustainability strategies and integrate their action plans with their business strategy. This review concludes with a framework that includes the most commonly addressed issues of this topic and provides opportunities and challenges for further research.

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Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Decision Support Methods: A Bibliometric Analysis

2020

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“…GD has been applied at various system scales. In particular, enterprises are the major energy consumers and environmental polluters [3]. Thus, enterprises must protect the environment, realize sustainable resource use, and establish eco-industries with the aim of achieving and enhancing GD [4,5].…”

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“…Enterprises may practice GD for the following reasons. First, it can strengthen the competitiveness of an enterprise and can thus confer economic benefits [3,6,7]. Second, policy requirements are becoming a major driver of GD.…”

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Proposed Green Development Reporting Framework for Enterprises from a Life-Cycle Perspective and a Case Study in China

2019

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Green development is becoming prioritized in industrial settings and manufacturing. Under the current trend of green development, the status of the green development of enterprises is not clear. Evaluation indicators of green development are required, especially given that China has issued many green development policies, as well as special funding support. Reporting is an important tool to foster communication among governments, the public, enterprises, and stakeholders, as well as to assess advances in, and provide guidance, toward realizing green development. The purpose of the present study was to establish a green development report framework and green development indicators for enterprises, with an application to a case study of a textile company in China. The green development reporting framework was based on a life-cycle assessment method, which is an index system constructed to combine quantitative and qualitative indicators, process control and outcome-oriented indicators within the scope of both life-cycle and factory boundaries. This index system included definitions and calculations methods of environmental and resource indicators that can comprehensively reflect green development. By using empirical data from 2017 in the case study, the framework and indicators were further described, and the effects of relevant terms were noted. The green development reporting framework and case study herein can help enterprises understand the concept of green development, self-inspection, self-comparison, communicate advancements, and ultimately improve their level of green development.

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“…According to the results of the research, the Renewable Energy SMEs achieve a good level of sustainability through their Internet performance but not the optimum. Chang and Cheng [80] confirm that unlike large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises have considerable difficulty in achieving sustainable enterprises. It has to be mentioned that in some cases, the choice of market may constitute the main explanation for differences in sustainable development rate at enterprise rate [81].…”

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Benchmarking Internet Promotion of Renewable Energy Enterprises: Is Sustainability Present?

Andreopoulou

Koliouska

2018

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Sustainability constitutes a broad discipline that focuses on the social, economic and environmental impact of human activities. Many policies and strategies have been developed for the pursuit of environmental sustainability and the guidance to a green society. Many enterprises have taken meaningful steps to improve their own environmental performance through corporate sustainability and environmental management. Environmental management contributes to significant improvements to environmental performance of the enterprises. This paper aims to evaluate the Renewable Energy Enterprises performance in the Internet in Thessaloniki Prefecture regarding the characteristics of sustainability using Multi-criteria Decision Analysis. TOPSIS method was used to provide a ranking of the Renewable Energy Enterprises according to their sustainability and finally conclude to a benchmark. According to the results of the research, the Renewable Energy Enterprises achieve a good level of sustainability but not the optimum. However, the entrepreneurs should adopt modern environmental policy, sustainable marketing, green network framework and certified environmental management system in order to consider their enterprise sustainable.

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Analysis model of the sustainability development of manufacturing small and medium- sized enterprises in Taiwan

Cited by 101 publications

References 65 publications

Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Decision Support Methods: A Bibliometric Analysis

Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Decision Support Methods: A Bibliometric Analysis

Proposed Green Development Reporting Framework for Enterprises from a Life-Cycle Perspective and a Case Study in China

Benchmarking Internet Promotion of Renewable Energy Enterprises: Is Sustainability Present?

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