The Micro-Foundations of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: the Role of Individuals’ Pro-Social Identity and organizational pro-social identity

Unlocking the link between low emission supply chains, blockchain adoption, and financial success: The payoff of socially responsible practices in supply chains

“…The aforementioned explanation has suggested that LESCM practices would be economically as well as ecologically sustainable if implemented through green energy and technological re‐engineering. As enterprises will never sustain without financial prospects (Jahanshahi et al, 2021); therefore, LESCM‐oriented firms should consider three strategies: (a) combustion emissions reduction (Cadez et al, 2019; Jahanshahi et al, 2023), (b) process emissions reduction (Cadez et al, 2019; Jahanshahi et al, 2023), and (c) alliance (Sun & Zhong, 2023). Companies can minimize the use of coal‐sourced projects (e.g., electricity plants and heating plants in the manufacturing industry) through applying a combustion emissions reduction strategic policy.…”

“…The theorized low‐emission supply chain management (LESCM) model of this study focuses on the manufacturing industry. This industry enormously increases high‐risk friendly emissions around the world (Jahanshahi et al, 2023; Younis & Sundarakani, 2020). The study data were collected from entrepreneurs and managers (i.e., firm's owner or manager level informants from every entity) of manufacturing firms in Dhaka, Chattogram, and Rajshahi divisions, Bangladesh.…”

“…Based on the firm age and size, strata samples were created that assisted us in obtaining actual scenarios of small‐, medium‐, and large‐sized enterprises. To communicate easily with the surveyed firms, this study's authors used a trained auxiliary protocol to collect required data from participants of the selected organizations, which was also successfully employed by other studies (Benitez et al, 2022; Jahanshahi et al, 2023). We therefore used trained research assistants to collect survey data.…”

“…After the successful eco‐friendly reformation in the management and communication system, eco‐friendly purchasing (EFP), green design (GD), consumers' green cooperation (CGC), and recovery of the firm's investment (RFI) can be executed (Green et al, 2019; Zhu et al, 2008). Considering regional potential challenges, firms should use a combination of strategies: combustion‐emissions reduction (Cadez et al, 2019; Jahanshahi et al, 2023), process‐emissions reduction (Cadez et al, 2019; Jahanshahi et al, 2023); and alliance (Sun & Zhong, 2023) to strengthen LESCM practices. Establishing EFP and GD policies by applying combustion‐emissions reduction and process‐emissions reduction strategies, focal firms can improve low‐emission practices, such as establishing green local or international suppliers, using climate‐friendly raw materials, green labelling, adopting low‐emission logistics, decreasing carbon‐friendly fuel consumptions, and low‐carbon business approaches (Nureen et al, 2023).…”

“…Establishing EFP and GD policies by applying combustion‐emissions reduction and process‐emissions reduction strategies, focal firms can improve low‐emission practices, such as establishing green local or international suppliers, using climate‐friendly raw materials, green labelling, adopting low‐emission logistics, decreasing carbon‐friendly fuel consumptions, and low‐carbon business approaches (Nureen et al, 2023). Both strategies help to identify emission‐friendly items or processes within the eco‐friendly purchasing or green design and emphasize changing those items or reforming those processes by cost‐effective green measures (Cadez et al, 2019; Jahanshahi et al, 2023). In doing so, organizations can achieve competitive advantages by integrating BT applications for EFP networks, GD‐oriented processes, and low‐emission manufacturing techniques (Li et al, 2023).…”