Examining green production and its role within the competitive strategy of manufacturers

Abstract

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This paper reviews current literature and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of the topic of green production.</p><p><strong>Design/methodology/approach:</strong> A literature review to capture, classify and summarize the main body of knowledge on green production and, translate this into a form that is readily accessible to researchers and practitioners in the more mainstream operations management community.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The existing knowledge base is somewhat fragmented. This is a relatively unexplored topic within mainstream operations management research and one which could provide rich opportunities for further exploration.</p><p><strong>Originality/value:</strong> This paper sets out to review current literature, from a more conventional production operations perspective, and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of this topic.</p

The Effect of Absorptive Capacity on Green Customer Capital under an Organizational Unlearning Context

“…For instance, environmental management concepts such as green growth [10,11], green management [7,8], green marketing [12,13], green production [14], green absorptive capacity [15], green innovation [16][17][18], green intellectual capital [2,9], green supply chain management [19,20], green governance [21,22], green human resources [23], and among others are now widely used.…”

An Examination of Organizational Determinants Influencing Green Production Adoption by SMEs in Malaysia

“…Organization will try to adopt green production when they have strong willingness [12]. In order to ensure content validity of the measurement instrument (scale), the initial questions related to green production that was designed based on Baines et al [20] was modified by accommodating five manufacturing managers to ensure that each items is adapted to the manufacturing concept and is interpreted as expected. The seven items of willingness to adopt green production are as presented in Table III.…”

“…This includes green products, green processes, green use and green end-of-life management. The summary of four forms of green production by Baines et al [20] as illustrated in Table I. TABLE I. FOUR FORMS OF GREEN PRODUCTION [20] …”

“…It is more focused on innovations that is related to the process of creating goods by using processes and systems that are nonpolluting, that conserve energy and natural resources in economically viable, safe and healthy ways for employee, communities and consumers and which are socially and creatively rewarding for all stakeholder for the short and long term future [21]. Four forms of green production by Baines et al [20] explained completely how organization is considered as green producer. This includes green products, green processes, green use and green end-of-life management.…”

“…Green production is defined as the application of environmentally and socially sensitive practices to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing activities while, at the same time, harmonizing the pursuit of economic benefits [20]. It is more focused on innovations that is related to the process of creating goods by using processes and systems that are nonpolluting, that conserve energy and natural resources in economically viable, safe and healthy ways for employee, communities and consumers and which are socially and creatively rewarding for all stakeholder for the short and long term future [21].…”