Exploring the Locus of Social Sustainability Implementation: A South Asian Perspective on Planning for Sustainable Development

Awan, Usama; Krasławski, Andrzej; Huiskonen, Janne; Suleman, Nazia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_5

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“…The positive impact of buyer knowledge-sharing activities on firm performance is also evident in the literature. The buyers have the potential to share their knowledge with the supplier through a partnership, and thus the supplier' firms become more capable in sustainability learning from their partners [34]. Thus, we posited the following: Knowledge acquisition is an important learning base for activities and plays key roles in achieving performance outcomes [35].…”

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Buyer-Driven Knowledge Transfer Activities to Enhance Organizational Sustainability of Suppliers

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Despite the significant contribution of buyer-driven knowledge transfer activities (BDKTAs) to innovation and operational performance, studies that analyze social sustainability in manufacturing (suppliers) firms are still scarce. This paper examines the mediation relationship of knowledge acquisition and investment in environmental management between BDKTAs and social performance improvements (SPIs). The paper contributes to the understanding of buyer knowledge transfer activities, with a focus on the knowledge acquisition capabilities and investments in environmental management, and the effect on SPIs. The hypotheses were examined with partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with data collected from 239 firms. Buyer knowledge transfer activities are likely to increase the willingness of suppliers to make specific environmental investments into operations in waste reduction procedures, the recycling of materials, and pollution prevention training of employees. We proposed that buyer knowledge transfer activities are necessary to survive and grow and thus there is a need to acquire knowledge resources to achieve organizational sustainability. Buyer knowledge transfer activities are necessary to make investment decisions in environmental management programs. Firms that focus on buyer knowledge transfer activities and internal investments into environmental management can attain sustainability objectives.

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“…In comparison, it required a multilevel governance framework to involve all stakeholders in the green development project to attain economic profit (Awan 2020a ). Based on the realization of environmental sustainability, a higher need to focus on the social sustainability agenda is pivotal for long-term sustainable policies (Awan et al 2020a , b ). In addition, technology innovation helps to improve environmental quality and sustainable growth (Cheng et al 2021 ).…”

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Financial development, oil resources, and environmental degradation in pandemic recession: to go down in flames

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The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly disease that increases global healthcare sufferings. Further, it affects the financial and natural resource market simultaneously, as both are considered complementary goods. The volatility in the oil prices deteriorates the global financial market to substantiate the “financial resource (oil) curse” hypothesis primarily filled with earlier studies. In contrast, this study moved forward and extended the given relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic in a panel of 81 different countries. The study’s main objective is to examine the volatility in the domestic credit provided to the private sector due to oil shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic across countries. The study is essential to assess the healthcare vulnerability in the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the damage of financial stability, causing deterioration in the oil rents to affect the global sustainability agenda. The study employed statistical techniques to get sound inferences of the parameter estimates, including robust least squares regression, seemingly unrelated regression, and innovation accounting matrix to get a variable estimate at the level and inter-temporal framework. The results confirmed the U-shaped relationship between oil rents and financial development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it verifies the “financial resource (oil) curse” hypothesis at the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Later down, it supports the capital market when economies are resuming their economic activities and maintaining the SOPs to restrain coronavirus at a global scale. The qualitative assessment confirmed the negative effect of financial development and oil shocks on environmental quality during the pandemic crisis. The innovation accounting matrix shows that the COVID-19 pandemic will primarily be the main factor that intervenes in the relationship between oil rents and financial development, which proceed towards the “resource curse” hypothesis during the following years’ time period. Therefore, the need for long-term economic policies is highly desirable to support the financial and resource market under the suggested guidelines of restraining coronavirus worldwide.

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“…However, for firms that have been able to re-emerge from the stoppage of productive activities, government assistance has been essential to remain in the market [41] to achieve sustainable development goals. In line with this, [42] argued that "unsustainable consumption practices increasingly manifest in manufacturing firms in developing countries, making sustainable development management failures evident and institutions relevant (page 89).To achieve sustainable development, firms need to develop organizational capabilities to reduce waste to make successful progress towards sustainability [43]. The COVID-19 outbreak has shown significant vulnerabilities in the food supply chain's resilience, because it has diminished some countries' food sovereignty [44].…”

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Technological Innovation and Circular Economy Practices: Business Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19

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The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a tough test on companies in the global food sector supply chain, exacerbating the realities and deficiencies it presents in developing economies. This situation has been reflected in the firm’s performance (F.P.) due to the lack of business conditions to respond to the current pandemic. However, in some companies, the adverse effects of COVID-19 have been counteracted due to endowment and technological capabilities. Thus, this study examined the role of technological innovation (T.I.) and business data analytics (B.D.A.) in the F.P. of foods in Ecuador during COVID-19. A questionnaire collected the information from the food firms. Then, Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling processed the collected information. We found that (B.D.A.) mechanisms and different levels of T.I. within the developing market significantly shape the F.P. The results showed that the B.D.A. enables circular economy (C.E.) practices and the improvement of product delivery services, which constitutes an improvement of the F.P. The COVID-19 outbreak did not significantly affect T.I., unlike what happened with B.D.A. This study concluded that firms with the most extraordinary technological production processes have been the least affected during COVID-19. This study suggested that policy measures should boost food firms’ technological endowment to improve their resilience in uncertainty and risk scenarios.

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Exploring the Locus of Social Sustainability Implementation: A South Asian Perspective on Planning for Sustainable Development

Cited by 25 publications

References 51 publications

Buyer-Driven Knowledge Transfer Activities to Enhance Organizational Sustainability of Suppliers

Buyer-Driven Knowledge Transfer Activities to Enhance Organizational Sustainability of Suppliers

Financial development, oil resources, and environmental degradation in pandemic recession: to go down in flames

Technological Innovation and Circular Economy Practices: Business Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19

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