Exploration and assessment of the motivators of social sustainability in healthcare supply chains: Multistake holder's perspective

Hussain, Matloub; Khan, Mehmood; Ajmal, Mian M.

doi:10.1002/sd.1922

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“…To produce sustainable products in the pharmaceutical supply chain, the need to highlight the characteristics of suppliers, raw materials, and resources is felt (Hussain et al, 2018 ). High demand for products and their consumption has put pressure on industrial production and consequently has had a negative impact on society and the environment.…”

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Approaching towards sustainable supply chain under the spotlight of business intelligence

2022

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These two main objectives of this study are to present a theoretical model to explain how business intelligence capabilities influence the company’s supply chain sustainability and to examine the relationships among different BI and CSCS dimensions. This study was conducted with the use of a standard BI questionnaire along with the United Nations CSCS questionnaire among 234 Iranian pharmaceutical companies, from which 188 were also surveyed. Smart pls3 and partial least squares methods were used for validity as well as reliability evaluation of the measurement model. According to the findings, BI significantly affects the sustainability of the pharmaceutical supply chain and some of its dimensions, including vision, scope, and internal aspects, thereby the hypothesis indicating the effect of BI on these dimensions was accepted. However, there was an insignificantly positive relationship between BI and the other dimensions of CSCS, including expectation, engagement, and goals; hence, the hypothesis indicating the effect of BI on these dimensions was rejected. If the policy of the board is to implement supply chain sustainability, BI can have a greater impact on the company. Otherwise, BI may be implemented with not much effect though it can be indirectly beneficial to these companies. No studies have been performed on direct examination of the relationship of BI and CSCS and their various dimensions with the use of an extensive survey among Iran’s pharmaceutical companies. Also, this study reveals some facts about the sustainability of the pharmaceutical supply chain, BI, and relevant issues as significant obstacles against a sustainable supply chain and BI. This article also supports the UN questionnaire on supply chain sustainability and adopts it in the surveys. Furthermore, various social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were compared, and it was concluded that the data required for the pharmaceutical industry was more accessible from Twitter, in comparison to the other social networks.

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“…Stakeholder theory has been widely used to analyse the motivators, barriers and enablers of social sustainability in the healthcare supply chains (Hussain et al, 2018(Hussain et al, , 2019Khan, 2018;Khan et al, 2018;Khosravi and Izbirak, 2019). The human element is involved at every stage of the healthcare process (Gattorna, 1998).…”

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Social sustainability in Public–Private Partnership projects: case study of the Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney

Wang

Liu

et al. 2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present evidence to the heated debate “whether Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model should be introduced into the hospitals” and, if so, how to promote the social sustainability of such PPP projects.Design/methodology/approachThis paper has established an analytical framework to analyse the social sustainability of PPP projects. Using content analysis method, a single case study was carried out on the Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney, Australia.FindingsThe results show that there are many problems related to social sustainability in the project, due to which employees and patients were exposed to most of them. Some recommendations are provided, including to strengthen the supervision of the project, provide sufficient information, establish communication channels and stakeholder participation, improve hospital policies and procedures, and strengthen government support.Practical implicationsThis paper can provide guidance for the stakeholders in a partnership, including the public and private sectors, to analyse the social sustainability implications, and then plan and implement hospital PPP projects to achieve social sustainability goals. Meanwhile, it can also provide important reference for the employees, patients, local community and society to assess social sustainability issues, and provide relevant inputs to inform decision-makers in the development, delivery and management of hospital projects.Originality/valueThe research will contribute to knowledge of social sustainability of hospital PPP projects. The proposed analytical framework can be used to analyse and assess the social sustainability of such projects from the perspective of stakeholders.

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“…In this respect, there is a huge number of papers, guidelines, reports, and books throughout the world; and numerous conferences are being held. Creating motivation for social sustainability is extremely essential, there are five main categories of motivators in healthcare supply chain that are Attitude, Organizational Practice, Technology and Innovation, Excellence and Awards and Media and Reputation (Hussain et al , 2018). In addition to motivation, clear frameworks and practical plan is expected, especially the boundary works for sustainable development must be determined.…”

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Impact of big data analytics capabilities on supply chain sustainability

Shokouhyar

Seddigh

Panahifar

2020

WJSTSD

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model to explain the impact of big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) on company’s supply chain sustainability (CSCS). The secondary objective of the study is to assess the relationship between different dimensions of supply chain sustainability and companies’ BDAC. Design/methodology/approach This research was carried out by conducting a survey among 234 pharmaceutical companies in Iran (a case study of Iran), using a standard questionnaire of BDAC and United Nations (UN) online self-assessment on supply chain sustainability. However, the respond of managers of 188 companies were usable in this research. Smart PLS3 was used to employ partial least squares method to examine the validity and reliability of the measurement and structural model. Findings The results of this study demonstrate that BDAC have a strong impact on both pharmaceutical supply chain sustainability, and the dimensions including vision, engage and internal. It is found that the relationships between BDAC and the other dimensions of supply chain sustainability including expect, scope and goals are not significant but positive. Research limitations/implications Research on the relationship between BDAC and CSCS, especially in the pharmaceutical supply chain, is scanty, and this gap is highlighted in developing countries and the pharmaceutical supply chain that plays a prominent role in public health. This paper discusses several important barriers to forming a sustainable supply chain and strong BDA capabilities. Practical implications This paper could be a guide to managers and consultants who are involved in big data analytics and sustainable development. Since UN urges companies do the online self-assessment, the results of this paper would be attractive and useful for UN global compact specialists. Originality/value No study has directly measured the relation between BDAC and CSCS and different dimensions of CSCS, using a comprehensive survey throughout all pharmaceutical companies in Iran. Moreover, this research assesses the different dimensions of BDA capabilities and supply chain sustainability. This paper represents the facts about situation of sustainability of pharmaceutical supply chain and BDAC in these companies, and discloses several related issues that are serious barriers to forming a sustainable supply chain and strong BDAC. In addition, this paper provided academic support for UN questionnaire about CSCS and used it in the survey.

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Exploration and assessment of the motivators of social sustainability in healthcare supply chains: Multistake holder's perspective

Cited by 16 publications

References 74 publications

Approaching towards sustainable supply chain under the spotlight of business intelligence

Approaching towards sustainable supply chain under the spotlight of business intelligence

Social sustainability in Public–Private Partnership projects: case study of the Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney

Impact of big data analytics capabilities on supply chain sustainability

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