Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review

Suchek, Nathalia; Franco, Mário

doi:10.1007/s13132-023-01196-x

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“…Therefore, Tailored Technology Adoption Programs are merging as a succeeding strategy as technology vendors offer solutions to easily incorporate new technologies into SME operations [28,51]. The potential for using Data Analytics and Insights is clear here, allowing SMEs to reap the benefits of datadriven decision-making in strategic planning and product development [17,52]. Supply Chain Integration manifests as a crucial focal point, particularly in the domain of IT systems, as part of this data-enabled approach to maximise logistical and operational efficiencies.…”

Section: Collaboration Between Technology Providers and Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Technology suppliers may ensure that services and solutions are customised to address these specific needs by involving SMEs early on. Early-stage participation of SMEs also serves another important reason: it allows for the integration of both technical and economic perspectives into the development process [51,52]. SMEs can provide real-world insights into operational challenges such as material flow, waste management, and resource use.…”

Section: Smes: Key To Circular Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They can assist in identifying operational bottlenecks that technology solutions should seek to address. SMEs can provide insights on cost structures, market demands, and competitive challenges from a business standpoint [52]. Their participation assures that the solutions created are not only technologically advanced, but also commercially feasible and scalable.…”

Section: Smes: Key To Circular Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enabling Factors for Circularity in the Metal Cutting Industry – With Focus on High-Value Circular Tools

Elnourani,

Johansen,

Öhrwall Rönnbäck

2024

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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Metal cutting industry, a key sector in manufacturing, is grappling with the transition to a “net-zero industry” to mitigate climate change and reach sustainable practices. Rare and exclusive materials make recycling and reusing cutting tools more pressing and necessitate efficient circular material flows. The purpose of this research is to explore how collaboration can facilitate circularity in the cutting tool industry. It examines the involvement of stakeholders and their roles in achieving a circular lifecycle for cutting tools. To investigate the interaction between metal cutting tools suppliers and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), this study used a mixed-methods approach that includes data from literature, interviews, and document study. Empirical data is gathered to investigate the factors driving circularity and to identify important participants in the lifecycle of cutting tools. The study revealed challenges to the current situation including underutilization of tools due to the absence of a standardization process and subjective operator judgment, as well as lack of traceability of the tools both internally at SMEs and between the stakeholders. Moreover, by mapping the current actors, the study found cutting tool traceability, undirected decision-making throughout tool lifecycles, and limited awareness of circularity dimensions are key challenges. To handle these challenges. 9Rs circular economy framework used to investigate the possible role of collaboration emerges as a vital enabler for circularity, with SMEs playing a significant role. Moreover, the involvement of machine operators, often overlooked actors, is found to be crucial in influencing circular outcomes. Digital solutions and collaborative strategies that involve CNC machine suppliers and intermittent refurbishing business are pivotal in overcoming the challenges identified, namely, traceability and human subjectivity in tool condition assessment. The study demonstrates that technology providers, intermediary refurbishing businesses, SMEs and other stakeholders operating in the metal cutting tools sector must be involved throughout their lifetime to avoid suboptimal results, exchange information, and inspire industrial actors to support the circular economy.

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Section: Collaboration Between Technology Providers and Smesmentioning

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Section: Smes: Key To Circular Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Smes: Key To Circular Futuresmentioning

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Enabling Factors for Circularity in the Metal Cutting Industry – With Focus on High-Value Circular Tools

Elnourani,

Johansen,

Öhrwall Rönnbäck

2024

Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering

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“…El quinto y sexto artículo más citado en nuestra tabla (Suchek & Franco, 2023;Dzomonda, 2022) resaltan la importancia de la cooperación interorganizacional hacia la sostenibilidad y el compromiso con la sostenibilidad ambiental, respectivamente. Estos trabajos subrayan la necesidad de que las Pymes colaboren con otras organizaciones y adopten un compromiso firme con la sostenibilidad ambiental para asegurar su éxito a largo plazo.…”

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Análisis sistemático de la intersección entre sostenibilidad y desempeño financiero en las pequeñas y medianas empresas. Un estudio de revisión

Noboa-Neira,

Espinoza-Solís

2023

593DPCEIT

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En el contexto económico actual, la relación entre la sostenibilidad y el rendimiento financiero en las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES) es un tema de investigación que ha cobrado una gran relevancia. En los últimos años, ha surgido un creciente interés por entender cómo la incorporación de prácticas sostenibles puede influir en el desempeño financiero de estas empresas, no solo es vital para el sector empresarial, sino también para el desarrollo económico y ambiental de la sociedad en general. El presente estudio tiene como propósito principal analizar sistemáticamente la comparación entre la sostenibilidad y el rendimiento financiero en las Pymes. Se implementó una revisión sistemática de la literatura utilizando Google Scholar como herramienta de búsqueda, con un enfoque temporal entre 2018 y 2023. Los criterios de inclusión y exclusión garantizan la recopilación de estudios académicos relevantes y rigurosos. Se empleó un proceso de revisión doble. El análisis descriptivo y de meta-análisis, siempre que los datos lo permitieron, reveló que las PYMES que adoptan prácticas sostenibles tienden a tener un mejor desempeño financiero a largo plazo. No obstante, existen variaciones significativas, dependiendo del sector, la geografía y la estrategia de implementación de sostenibilidad. Las conclusiones sugieren que la sostenibilidad puede ser una ventaja competitiva para las PYMES y resaltan la necesidad de un compromiso más profundo con la sostenibilidad. La falta de estudios longitudinales y la heterogeneidad en la definición de "sostenibilidad" indican la necesidad de más investigaciones. Este estudio sienta las bases para futuras exploraciones en esta área crítica.

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“…To explore and exploit the opportunities that come with transitions, incumbents can collaborate with start-ups (Rigtering and Behrens, 2021;Schönwälder and Weber, 2023;Suchek and Franco, 2023). So-called external corporate venturing allows to proactively deal with changes in the external environment on a regular basis and in this way fosters an incumbent's strategic renewal (Agarwal and Helfat, 2009;Rigtering and Behrens, 2021;.…”

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confidence: 99%

Start-up selection criteria for corporate venturing: what matters for incumbents

Brandt,

Laibach,

Kamrath

et al. 2023

IJEV

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Incumbent companies face increasing pressures to become more sustainable, and thus, to strategically renew themselves. To proactively adjust to the changing environment, incumbents can engage in collaborations with start-ups by means of corporate venturing. As one of the first steps of the venturing process, a better understanding of the selection of start-ups for corporate venturing activities is needed to further systemise and align the activities. Through a systematic literature review, this study provides an overview of existing start-up selection criteria, which are validated by means of expert interviews with incumbents. We find that for incumbents, criteria related to the team, the product and technology, the market as well as to financial and strategic characteristics are pivotal whereas criteria related to transitions seem to play a subordinated role. Our findings highlight the necessity of a coherent and aligned venturing strategy to foster the successful renewal of incumbents in eras of transition.

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Inter-organisational Cooperation Oriented Towards Sustainability Involving SMEs: a Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 8 publications

References 77 publications

Enabling Factors for Circularity in the Metal Cutting Industry – With Focus on High-Value Circular Tools

Enabling Factors for Circularity in the Metal Cutting Industry – With Focus on High-Value Circular Tools

Análisis sistemático de la intersección entre sostenibilidad y desempeño financiero en las pequeñas y medianas empresas. Un estudio de revisión

Start-up selection criteria for corporate venturing: what matters for incumbents

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