Global Environmental Value Chain Embeddedness and Enterprise Production Efficiency Improvement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhong Wang ◽  
Hanxue Chen ◽  
Malin Song
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
Global Environmental

scholarly journals The Employment Effect Of Chinese Enterprises Embedded In The Global Environmental Value Chain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhong Wang ◽  
Hanxue Chen ◽  
Kedong Yin
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Employment Effect ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The employment effect of enterprises embedded in global value chains has important theoretical value, but existing research has ignored the impact of cross-border pollution transfer on employment under the division of labor system within the value chain. This study constructs a global environmental value chain (GEVC) analysis framework to combine economic and environmental issues and establishes a theoretical model to discuss the impact of the degree of enterprise embeddedness in the GEVC on employment. Using 2000–2006 data from the China Industry Business Performance and China Customs databases, the study finds that an increase in the degree of enterprise embeddedness has a significant inhibitory effect on employment, especially for female laborers, lower-skilled laborers, state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and enterprises in the eastern region. The research also shows that the cost increase effect enhances the negative effect of increased GEVC embeddedness on employment, while the innovation promotion effect and the foreign direct investment effect serve to mitigate the negative effect. The results provide a reference for developing countries seeking to effectively protect people's livelihood and employment while achieving a leap in the division of labor along the green value chain.

mSimps: decision-making in scaling up a small business

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Mathew Tsamenyi ◽  
Nana Yaa Antwi-Gyamfi
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Effective Models

Subject area Entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability This case is suitable for graduate-level programmes in business management, as well as for executive education programmes. Case overview Mabel Simpson, the sole proprietor of the award-winning mSimps fashion accessories house in Ghana, must choose from among three options for scaling up her business: an offer from a private investor for GHS 100,000 in exchange for 51 per cent stake in mSimps; or 30 per cent stake for half the amount; an offer from a fashion industry expert for GHS 10,000 in exchange for 30 per cent ownership; or a restructuring of her business model and value chain to enable her release cash to grow her business organically. Expected learning outcomes Students should be able to: understand the interplay of choice and trade-offs in business management and apply theory-driven frameworks in making optimal choices and analytically assess instances of tension between the art (e.g. passion, emotional stakes, psychological and other influences on business management philosophies) and science (e.g. the need for business skills, use of effective models and the quest for production efficiency) of business management. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship

Watch the working capital of tier-two suppliers: a financial perspective of supply chain collaboration in the automotive industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xosé H. Vázquez ◽  
Antonio Sartal ◽  
Luis M. Lozano-Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Second Tier

Purpose This paper aims to examine how lack of financial cooperation damages the operational efficiency of supply chains. The thesis is that economic and technological forces are provoking increasing financial tensions that push companies to transfer their credit needs and inventory requirements to their weakest suppliers. Thus, what might initially seem positive from an individual perspective can in fact generate losses in production efficiency for the supply chain as a whole. Design/Methodology/approach This paper uses official data collected from 116 first- and second-tier suppliers in the Spanish automotive components sector, covering nine years (2001-2009). The relationships between the key variables are analysed using panel data estimations. Findings Significant differences were found between the working capital (WC) of first- and second-tier companies, proving additionally that although this approach may temporarily improve the results of first-tier suppliers, it leads to lower production efficiency in plants throughout the value chain. Practical implications Practitioners should avoid short-sighted attitudes when organizing the supply chain on a cooperative basis, going beyond the conventional wisdom on physical and information flows between original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers to reach upstream stages and embracing financial considerations. Originality/value The paper takes a novel approach to the issue of inter-organizational collaboration in the supply chain, aiming to go beyond conventional Lean Supply practices. From an empirical point of view, while much of the research on the topic utilizes key informant insights collected using psychometric data collection techniques, this study uses different financial proxies collected from secondary panel data.

scholarly journals Christianty, R and Hidayati, R. 2020. Strategy to Increase the Competitiveness of SMEs and their Integration into Global Value Chain. The International Journal of Business Management and Technology, Volume 4 Issue 1 January – February 2020 (97-103) .

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Restia Christianty ◽  
Ratnaningsih Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
High Level ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Small and Medium Enterprises is one of economic pillars in Indonesia. However, Indonesian SMEs has not performed well comparing to other ASEAN countries, particularly in terms of participation in global and regional production networks. This study aimed to identify factors causing the low participation of Indonesia SMEs into the Global Value Chain (GVC). This research is conducted with literatur study and Internal & Eksternal factors analysis. Result shows that the low participation of SMEs and Indonesian companies in GVC is determined by the lack of optimal GVC support factors, namely infrastructure and use of communication and information technology, reliability and efficiency of logistics services, and high trade barriers. The relatively high level of wages is also an obstacle to increasing production efficiency. Likewise, the strict requirements for obtaining access to external financing from banks. Another problem faced by SMEs is that most of them do not know where their position are in the GVC. Increasing SMEs participation into GVC will automatically improve their competitiveness in the global economy. There are internal and external factors that determine the competitiveness of SMEs. Internal are human resources, marketing strategies, and innovation. Meanwhile, external factors are the ease of trying in Indonesia, access to finance and capital, market access and infrastructure.

scholarly journals Upgrading Charcoal Briquettes of Coconut Shell for Export

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-334
Author(s):  
Diyah Candra Anita ◽  
Retno Wulandari ◽  
Hendrato Setiabudi Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Coconut Shell ◽  
Market Growth

The Global Value Chain is an easy way to apply to Small and Medium Enterprises (UKM: Usaha Kecil Menengah) so that they can immediately rise to a higher level. The success of the GVC method can be applied to export-oriented UKM. The goals to be achieved in the community service program Upgrading Export-Oriented Coconut Shell Charcoal Briquettes are as follows: spurring the growth of UKM product exports in Indonesia through competitive market growth, improving management quality of UKM to enter the global market through improving product quality and marketing, accelerating technology transfer and community management of universities to UKM communities, developing synergies between UKM, Universities, Local Governments and the community. The methodology used is upgrading the production process through coordination and scientific discussion, training and simulation, making tools with technology transfer for production efficiency, health checks, and providing tools and facilities to improve employee health. The results of this activity are: increasing the percentage of export volume by expanding production units and adding employees, achieving production efficiency through the technology of permanent conveyor belt machine transfer and oven, forming financial management with Zahir accounting software, training on the use of fire extinguisher and first aid to the employees who get burned, checking employee health, increasing marketing knowledge capacity with English language courses to improve the quality of presentations.

scholarly journals Future-Proofing Capitalism: The Paradox of the Circular Economy for Plastics

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Alice Mah
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Sustainability Concept

The marine plastics crisis sparked a wave of corporate interest in the circular economy, a sustainable business model that aims to eliminate waste in industrial systems through recycling, reduction, reuse, and recovery. Drawing on debates about the role of corporations in global environmental governance, this article examines the rise of the circular economy as a dominant corporate sustainability concept, focusing on the flagship example of the circular economy for plastics. It argues that corporations across the plastics value chain have coordinated their efforts to contain the circular economy policy agenda, while extending their markets through developing risky circular economy technologies. These corporate strategies of containment and proliferation represent attempts to “future-proof” capitalism against existential threats to public legitimacy, masking the implications for environmental justice. The paradox of the circular economy is that it seems to offer radical challenges to linear “take-make-waste” models of industrial capitalism, backed by international legislation, but it does not actually give up on unsustainable growth. We need to tackle the plastics crisis at its root, dramatically reducing the global production of toxic and wasteful plastics.

Resource recycle efficiency improvement analysis for sharing bicycles: Value chain perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 120284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Lai ◽  
Zhuoluo Sun ◽  
Jixian Liu ◽  
Guangdong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Efficiency Improvement
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