The drivers of sustainable manufacturing practices in Egyptian SMEs and their impact on competitive capabilities: A PLS-SEM model

Aboelmaged, Mohamed Gamal

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.053

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“…This non significance is consistent with previous study (eg. Aboelmaged, 2018). It was equally in agreement with other findings (eg.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Green Manufacturing in Agro Processing SMEs: Unraveling the Relationship Between Drivers and Their Effects on Adoption Practices in Ghana

Gyasi-Mensah

Hu²

2019

IJGS

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Environmental matters have been a subject of importance for national policy makers, ecology concerned groups and organizations. Green initiatives such as, green manufacturing has been seen to be a game changer in ensuring environmentally safe manufacturing by firms and nations while reaping the accompanying benefits. Investigations into motivating factors are still not fully carried out from all contexts. This research sought to find the effects that these drivers have on adoption of eco-friendly initiatives among small and medium enterprises from a developing country context. Structural Equation Model was adopted to analyze the data and verify the hypotheses. The outcomes indicate that financial and business benefits, competitor pressure and national environmental regulations positively influenced the adoption of green manufacturing adoption initiatives. Management and staff commitment influenced adoption slightly. These outcomes are vital to developing strategies for improving green practices implementation within firms for positive environmental and economic performance. Governments in developing nations especially Ghana will be well informed on which parts of the regulations to strengthen and enforce for improved environmental responsibility from Ghanaian agro processing small and medium enterprises and other businesses.

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“…This non significance is consistent with previous study (eg. Aboelmaged, 2018). It was equally in agreement with other findings (eg.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Green Manufacturing in Agro Processing SMEs: Unraveling the Relationship Between Drivers and Their Effects on Adoption Practices in Ghana

Gyasi-Mensah

Hu²

2019

IJGS

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“…Lawrence (2006), K. Lee (2009) and Gandhi (2018) highlighted the fact that SMEs based on the future importance of environmental practices as a key success factor make a move towards them. Zhang (2009), Aboelmaged (2018, Gandhi et al (2018), and Hofmann et al (2012) explored the importance of technological upgradation of SMEs so that they could be driven towards sustainable practices that will enhance their operational efficiency as well as profits. It is interesting to note that apart from drivers, there are certain barriers & constraints too in the implementation of sustainable practices in SMEs like the dearth of time, lack of financial resources, the perception of nil impact on the environment, low environmental awareness, weaker governmental regulation and culture too.…”

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Drivers of Sustainability Practices and SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review

Yadav¹,

Gupta²,

Rani³

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Formal SMEs contribute up to 60% of total employment and up to 40% of GDP in emerging economies (World Bank, 2015). Globalization council (2009) study reveals that SMEs have more flexibility than MNCs to easily adapt and change to meet important environmental & social targets. Thus, with the right strategy, SMEs can offer both economic prosperity and environmental protection. This raises an important question as to what drives SMEs to consider sustainability in their practices? The article aims at presenting a comprehensive list of numerous drivers identified globally by various researchers using the research technique of systematic literature review. The study intends to contribute to the knowledge base by providing comprehensive state-of-the-art views and findings in the area sustainability practices and their drivers particularly in the context of SMEs.

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“…The drivers of sustainably adoption in SMEs are a combination of internal factors to organizations such as the organization culture and top management commitment and external factors such as government regulations. Common drivers known to date that promote sustainability in small businesses include financial gains, government regulations, and availability of resources (Cuerva, Triguero‐Cano, & Córcoles, ; Granly & Welo, ; Altinay, Madanoglu, De Vita, Arasli, & Ekinci, ; Sáez‐Martínez, Díaz‐García, & González‐Moreno, ; Langwell, 2018; Kiefer, González, & Carrillo‐Hermosilla, ; Aboelmaged, ; Nunes, da Silva, Moris, & Giannetti, ).…”

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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is crucial, and businesses are demanded to be more environmentally sustainable every day. This study conducts an analysis of the literature on small and medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) environmental sustainability by carefully examining 122 studies from 58 journals published from 2013 to 2019. We investigate the trends in drivers and barriers of sustainability adoption to inform both SMEs managers and policymakers. Our results also classify the reviewed studies on the basis of their methodologies and show the distribution of studies across industry sectors and locations in order to set directions for future research on sustainability practices of SMEs.

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The drivers of sustainable manufacturing practices in Egyptian SMEs and their impact on competitive capabilities: A PLS-SEM model

Cited by 239 publications

References 68 publications

Green Manufacturing in Agro Processing SMEs: Unraveling the Relationship Between Drivers and Their Effects on Adoption Practices in Ghana

Green Manufacturing in Agro Processing SMEs: Unraveling the Relationship Between Drivers and Their Effects on Adoption Practices in Ghana

Drivers of Sustainability Practices and SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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