Big data analytics capability in healthcare operations and supply chain management: the role of green process innovation

Abstract

Green approaches remain little disseminated in the healthcare sector despite growing interest in recent years from practitioners and researchers. Big Data Analytics Capability (BDAC) can play a critical role in the integration of environmental concerns into operations and supply chain management (OSCM) and further strengthen the environmental performance of healthcare facilities. According to the literature, the integration of the environment into operations process remains insufficient to achieve high levels of performance and requires efforts in green process innovation. However, this relationship between BDAC and green process innovation remains poorly justified empirically. To address this theoretical gap, we investigated the relationship between BDAC, environmental process integration, green process innovation in OSCM and environmental performance. The main contribution of this study is the valuable knowledge on how BDAC influences environmental process integration and green process innovation to enhance environmental performance. Moreover, the study highlights the mediating role of green process innovation on environmental performance, a finding that has not been mentioned in the extant literature. The paper provides valuable insight for managers and stakeholders that can assist them in supporting the application of BDAC in healthcare OSCM to create sustainable value.

Readiness for green transformation process in healthcare organizations

“…Despite the increased interests among healthcare practitioners and researchers, green techniques and approaches in health care are still underused. Past literature (Benzidia et al , 2023) suggests that the integration of the environment into the healthcare operations is inadequate to reach the high levels of performance and henceforth green process innovation is necessary. Green innovation has emerged has a response to the environmental problems such as global warming and environmental challenges.…”

Circular economy practices and environmental performance: Analysing the role of big data analytics capability and responsible research and innovation

“…You need to choose those that are best suited to your goals and data sources. Some popular tools include Hadoop, Spark and Apache Cassandra (Benzidia et al, 2023;Muchenje & Seppänen, 2023).…”

“…Set up a data infrastructure: To analyse big data, you need to set up data infrastructure that can handle large amounts of data. This could include a data warehouse, data lake or a cloud-based storage solution (Benzidia et al, 2023;Dubey et al, 2020).…”

Data sharing decisions: Perceptions and intentions in healthcare

“…The majority of IS articles published in the context of big data and healthcare has been texts discussing the opportunities of database linkages and information technologies within healthcare administration, research, and disease surveillance (Benzidia et al, 2023; Gunn & Shah, 2016; Hay et al, 2013; Huang et al, 2012; Trifirò et al, 2014; Wickramasinghe et al, 2009). Some text address privacy concerns as a side note, or approach the topic from a legal and ethical view (Ferretti et al, 2020; Kaplan, 2015; Laurie, 2019; Zwitter, 2014).…”