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1. Stakeholder engagement and green process innovation: exploring the link and boundary conditions (228)
Author(s): Listowel Owusu Appiah (Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Ghana)
Abstract:
Despite the growing research on how stakeholder engagement influences green innovation, understanding of the specific firm-level conditions under which this relationship thrive has not received significant research attention. There is little known about the mechanism through which stakeholder engagement enhances green process innovation, particularly in resource-constrained contexts. This paper proposes and empirically evaluates a model that identifies absorptive capacity and risk-taking behaviour as underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions in the stakeholder engagement-green process innovation relationship. Using survey data from manufacturing firms in Ghana, the results show that absorptive capacity mediates the relationship between stakeholder engagement and green process innovation. Also, the relationship between stakeholder engagement and green process innovation is conditioned by organisational risk-taking behaviour. The implication of these findings for theory and practice is discussed in the text.
2. Determination of the Optimal Number of Forklifts in the Distribution Centre Using the Queuing Network Model
Author(s): Volodymyr Sysoiev (National Technical University, UKkaine),
Yuri Kushn?ruk (Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University, Ukraine)
Abstract:
The functioning of modern distribution centers is impossible without the effective organization of the work of mobile material handling equipment, which is the main means of processing cargo flows in warehouses and directly affects the costs and time of warehouse operations. The article proposes the mathematical model for determining the optimal number of forklifts in the distribution center based on integer programming using the open queuing network model. The model reflects the peculiarities of the technological process of cargo handling in the distribution center and the participation of forklifts in it. Given the impossibility of using exact optimization methods because of the type of the objective function, the heuristic method is proposed for solving the problem, which allows for avoiding the complete enumeration of solutions and finding the optimal number of forklifts in a short time, considering different scenarios and operating modes of the distribution center. The advantage of this heuristic algorithm is its ability to determine the optimal number of service channels in high dimensional open queuing networks. The minimum of total service costs, which include operating costs for the maintenance of forklifts and cargo flow handling costs, were used as an optimization criterion. The model is an effective tool for decision making when equipping distribution centers with mobile material handling equipment.
3. Supply Chain Financing System Factors, Solutions and Benefits: A Systematic Literature Review
Author(s): Daud F. Adhim (School of Business and Management Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia),
Nur B. Mulyono (School of Business and Management Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Abstract:
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) improves the business efficiency and effectiveness of suppliers, distributors, buyers, and financial institutions within supply chain collaboration. SCF implementation has risen to prominence worldwide, smoothing physical, product, and information flows within the supply chain as a means of maximizing profits. Due to a lack of research into SCF-related factors, solutions and benefits, this paper utilizes a systematic literature review methodology and content analysis to examine 56 papers drawn from major academic databases. The findings incorporate theoretical framework reviews which help to explain how SCF solutions can leverage enhanced supply chain (SC) performance by demonstrating the potential application of SCF to assist facilitators, reduce obstacles to sustained SC performance and develop an integrated conceptual framework illustrating how SCF accelerated overall supply chain performance.