Sustainable Value Chain of Industrial Biocomposite Consumption: Influence of COVID-19 and Consumer Behavior

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most unprecedented crises of recent decades with a global effect on society and the economy. It has triggered changes in the behavior and consumption patterns of both final consumer and industrial consumers. The consumption patterns of industrial consumers are also influenced by changes in consumer values, environmental regulations, and technological developments. One of the technological highlights of the last decade is biocomposite materials being increasingly used by the packaging industry. The pandemic has highlighted the problems and challenges of the development of biocomposites to adapt to new market conditions. This study aims to investigate the industrial consumption of biocomposite materials and the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the main stages of the value chain of sustainable industrial consumption of biocomposites. The research results reveal there is a growing interest in the use of biocomposites. Suppliers and processors of raw materials are being encouraged to optimize and adapt cleaner production processes in the sustainable transition pathway. The study highlights the positive impact of COVID-19 on the feedstock production, raw material processing, and packaging manufacturing stages of the value chain as well as the neutral impact on the product manufacturing stage and negative impact on the retail stage. The companies willing to move toward the sustainable industrial chain have to incorporate economic, environmental, social, stakeholder, volunteer, resilience, and long-term directions within their strategies.

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Analisis Dampak Hilirisasi Industri Kakao di Indonesia

Jurnal Akuntansi Maranatha ◽

10.28932/jam.v12i1.2287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 99-108

Author(s):

Sebastian Hadinata ◽

Maria Merry Marianti

Keyword(s):

National Economy ◽

Value Chain ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Value Added ◽

Raw Material ◽

Literature Study ◽

Processing Industry ◽

Industrial Structures ◽

Business Opportunities ◽

The Impact

Cocoa is one of Indonesia’s plantation commodity that is important for the national economy. Cocoa plays a role in encouraging regional development and agro-industry. The purpose of this study was to find out the cocoa value chain in Indonesia and find out the impact of the downstream cocoa processing industry in Indonesia. The method used is literature study. The results of the analysis show that the downstreaming of the cocoa processing industry has a positive impact on Indonesia, the benefits of which are getting value added of raw material products, strengthening industrial structures, providing employment, attracting investors, and providing business opportunities in Indonesia.

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PENTINGNYA PENDIDIKAN AGAMA KRISTEN DI SEKOLAH MENGANTISIPASI KECANDUAN SMARTPHONE BAGI ANAK KELAS 6 DI SEKOLAH DASAR THEODORE BATAM

10.31219/osf.io/7ezbd ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Benteng Martua Mahuraja Purba ◽

Dewi Lidya Sidabutar ◽

Alfian

Keyword(s):

Religious Education ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Healthy Control ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The Times ◽

Consumptive Behavior

The development of the times was followed by technological developments as well as the consumptive behavior of electronic devices such as smartphones. This technological progress has two impacts, namely positive and negative impacts. The positive impact is that humans get ease in accessing information, connecting with others quickly through social networks. The negative impact of smartphone usage on elementary school children is excessive use, plus there is no healthy control mechanism both at school and at home. The purpose of this paper is to focus on relevant Christian religious education without having to reject the progress of the times for students so that the problem of smartphone addiction can be anticipated early on. This research uses descriptive method and case study with a qualitative approach.

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Optimizing environmental expenditures for maximizing economic performance

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-01-2016-0037 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 54 (10) ◽

pp. 2544-2561 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Nitish Singh ◽

Jieqiong Ma ◽

Jie Yang

Keyword(s):

Economic Performance ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Pollution Prevention ◽

Global Reporting Initiative ◽

Resource Based View ◽

Content Type ◽

Product Stewardship ◽

New Perspective

Purpose Corporate environmental expenditure has been a growing concern in recent years, yet mixed findings exist regarding its economic impact. The purpose of this paper is to explain the mixed relationship between environmental expenditure and economic performance from the natural-resource-based view. Design/methodology/approach Using Global Reporting Initiative survey data from 120 firms in 30 countries, this study uses PROCESS, a path-based analysis software, to test the moderation and mediation hypotheses in an integrated analytical model. Findings The findings show that environmental expenditure has a negative impact on economic performance through pollution prevention capability. In contrast, environmental expenditure has a positive impact on economic performance through product stewardship capability. Both effects are significantly strengthened when the firm is located in an environmentally munificent country. Practical implications This study intends to inform firm managers, especially those in environmentally munificent countries, to relocate their environmental expenditure to enhance firms’ economic performance. In particular, firms should focus more on the reduction of input, such as raw materials, energy, and water, instead of output, including emissions, effluents, and wastes. Originality/value The contrasting indirect effects of pollution prevention and product stewardship offer a viable explanation for the mixed findings in the existent literature on environmental expenditure from a new perspective.

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Metode Menentukan Klor dalam Sludge Oil: Perbandingan Metode Wet dan Metode Jena

Jurnal Teknik Kimia USU ◽

10.32734/jtk.v10i1.5428 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Herliati Rahman ◽

Akhirudin Salasa

Keyword(s):

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Alternative Fuels ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Cement Industry ◽

Raw Material ◽

Chlorine Content ◽

Cement Production ◽

Average Accuracy ◽

The Difference

Currently, the use of alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) in the cement industry is very attractive. This is driven by demands for environmental sustainability and the efficiency of fuel and raw material costs. One of the materials that can be used as AFR is sludge oil. However, it needs to be ensured that the chlorine content in the sludge oil does not exceed the threshold so that it does not have a negative impact during the cement production process. It is known that if the chlorine content is more than the threshold, it can cause blocking or clogging of the separator and the kiln. This study aims to determine the performance of the Jena Multi EA 4000 instrument in determining the chlorine content in sludge oil quickly and accurately. Analytic Jena Multi EA 4000 is an Atomic Absorption Spectrometers (AAS) instrument that can be used for analysis of samples in the form of solids or slurries containing chlorine. As validation of the resulting analysis, the wet method is used, which as usual, to determine chlorine levels. From the statistic analysis, namely the F-test and T-test, We found that F-count equal to 0.0080 and F-table equal to 4.2839. it shows that F-count < F-table, indicating the difference in the variance of the two methods H0: s12 = s22 is accepted because there is no difference to the variability of these two tests and the value of T-count = -3.9717 and T-table = 2.1788 so that T-count <T-table is accepted because there is no difference in the average accuracy of the two methods H0: M1 = M2.

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of Sassuolo Industrial District (Italy)

10.20944/preprints201805.0010.v2 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Davide Settembre-Blundo ◽

Fernando E. García-Muiña ◽

Martina Pini ◽

Lucrezia Volpi ◽

Cristina Siligardi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Value Chain ◽

Business Models ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Raw Material ◽

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Integrated Network ◽

Product Categories

One of the biggest challenges for European industry is to introduce sustainability principles into business models. This is particularly important in raw material and energy intensive manufacturing sectors such as the ceramic industry. The present state of knowledge lacks a comprehensive operational tool for industry to support decision-making processes geared towards sustainability. In the ceramic sector, the economic and social dimensions of the product and processes have not yet been given sufficient importance. Moreover, the traditional research on industrial districts lacks an analysis of the relations between firms and the territory with a view to sustainability. Finally, the attention of scholars in the field of economic and social sustainability, has not yet turned to the analysis of the Sassuolo district. Therefore, in this paper we introduce the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), as a method that can be a suitable tool to fill this gap, because through a mathematical model it is possible to obtain the information useful for decision makers to integrate the principles of sustainability both at the microeconomic level in enterprises, and at the meso-economic level for the definition of economic policies and territorial governance. Environmental and socio-economic analysis was performed from the extraction of raw materials to the packaging of the product on different product categories manufactured by the Italian ceramic industries of the Sassuolo district (northern Italy). For the first time the LCSA model, usually applied to unitary processes, is extended to the economic and industrial activities of the entire district, extending the prospect of investigation from the enterprise and its value chain to the integrated network of district enterprises.

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The effect of Covid-19 on the economy of Bangka-Belitung and the performance of MSME and its impact on competitive strategies in the new normal era

Annals of Management and Organization Research ◽

10.35912/amor.v1i1.289 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 51-63

Author(s):

Reniati Reniati ◽

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Muhammad Faisal Akbar ◽

Nur Ahmad Ricky Rudianto ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Change Strategies ◽

Competitive Strategies ◽

Online Application ◽

The Face ◽

Cross Tabulation ◽

And Performance

Purpose: The economy in the MSME sector is experiencing a great crisis in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. MSME actors must change strategies to adapt to the current pandemic conditions. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Covid 19 on the economy and performance of MSMEs as well as the strategies adopted by MSME players in Bangka Belitung Province. Research methodology: The data collection method employed probability sampling with google form media analyzed by using cross tabulation, trend analysis and simple mathematical modeling in projecting total economic losses to MSMEs that are active in the Bangka Belitung Island Province. Results: The results show that 84.7 percent of MSMEs experienced a negative impact due to the Covid 19 pandemic in the form of a decrease in sales turnover, reduced demand and hampered distribution of raw materials. However, 15.3 percent of MSMEs experienced a positive impact and survived in the Covid 19 pandemic conditions. Some of the strategies implemented by MSMEs to survive in the Covid 19 periods were replacing products sold with products for handling COVID 19 such as masks, hand sanitizers and others. MSME players also changed their sales strategy by selling online and maintaining customer databases. Limitation: Due to the Covid-19 condition, survey activities were carried out by using the Google Form online application. Contribution: MSMEs undertook a more aggressive marketing strategy to maintain turnover value in order to keep growing. Keywords: Covid-19, MSME, Turnover, Competitive strategy

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Analysis on Spatio-temporal Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Industrial Green Innovation Efficiency——From the Perspective of Innovation Value Chain

10.20944/preprints202111.0485.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Liyuan Zhang ◽

Pengzhen Liu ◽

Heather Tarbert

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Value Chain ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Transformation Efficiency ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Two Stage

Green innovation has become an important combination of high-quality economic growth and sustainable development of ecological environment. In this paper, the super-efficiency network SBM model is used to measure the two-stage green innovation efficiency of industrial science and technology R&amp;D and achievement transformation in 30 provinces and cities from 2009 to 2019, and exploratory Data Analysis (ESDA) and spatial econometric model are used to investigate the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of green innovation efficiency. The results show that: firstly, the overall efficiency of industrial green innovation is low, and the efficiency of scientific research and development and achievement transformation has experienced three stages of "upward-declining-revitalized period". The low efficiency of achievement transformation is an important factor hiding the improvement of the efficiency of industrial green innovation. Secondly, The industrial green innovation efficiency gradually increases from northwest to southeast, forming a centralized "line" and "block" distribution. The high efficiency area is still concentrated in the eastern coastal region, and the balanced development trend is obvious in the central and western regions. Finally, openness has a positive impact on the two-stage green innovation efficiency; Industrial structure and government investment in science and technology have a positive impact on the efficiency of science and technology research and development, but have no significant effect on the efficiency of achievement transformation. Enterprise size has a positive effect on achievement transformation efficiency, but has no significant effect on R&amp;D efficiency. Environmental regulation has a positive impact on R&amp;D efficiency and a negative impact on achievement transformation efficiency.

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The Increase in Porang Instant Noodle Market Share from the Perspective of Transformative Business Model Analysis

International Journal of Research and Review ◽

10.52403/ijrr.20210614 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 117-126

Author(s):

Novrizal . ◽

Florentina Rahayu ◽

Joni Phangestu

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Framework ◽

Business Model ◽

Market Share ◽

Value Chain ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Model Analysis ◽

Raw Material ◽

High Dependency ◽

Instant Noodle ◽

Instant Noodles

Indonesia is one of the 10 countries with the consumption of the world's biggest instant noodles. One alternative to raw materials that instant noodles are healthier than iles-iles porang or bulbs. Through connecting consumer needs with developing technology that is Transformative Business Model, this research aims to: 1) Learn how the companies condition instant noodles made from porang (porang instant noodles) currently; 2) Figure out the model business to run the porang instant noodles company; 3) Identify the challenges in porang instant noodles industry; 4) Recommend the increase in market share of porang instant noodles. Conceptual framework in this research processed through PESTEL analysis, Porter’s Five Forces Model analysis, Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM), Value Chain analysis. The conceptual framework validated by Transformative Business Model. The results showed that the challenges are not coming from competitors, but comes from the main raw material suppliers up to now only have one company. One company subdue the raw material market supply also makes high dependency in industry. On the other hand, potential market share in porang instant noodles is still huge to local as well as the international market. Keywords: market share, consumer needs, technology, instant noodle, Porang, Transformative business model.

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Sustainable management of textile and clothing

Clean Technologies and Recycling ◽

10.3934/ctr.2021004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 70-87

Author(s):

Chukwuebuka C. Okafor ◽

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Christian N. Madu ◽

Charles C. Ajaero ◽

Juliet C. Ibekwe ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Value Chain ◽

Management System ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Raw Material ◽

Waste Management System ◽

New Business ◽

C Value ◽

Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

<abstract> <p>Textile and clothing industry (T&C) is the second largest industry in the manufacturing sector. Currently, the industry operates on a linear model. Its value-chain is associated with several problems such as environment pollution (solid wastes, effluent discharges, air pollution, and emission of greenhouse gases), and resources extraction and depletion (raw materials, water, energy). These problems present the challenges that are addressed in this paper. These problems are further exacerbated by the rapid growth in population and attendant need for economic growth. There is therefore need to begin to address how to make the industry more sustainable. This will entail reviewing the entire T&C value chain from raw material extraction to post-consumption of its products. Nigeria, an emerging economy is used as a proxy for the study. The management of textile/clothing wastes in Nigeria does not follow best practices, as the wastes are generally, disposed at dumpsites. Even though Nigeria is rich in natural resources to produce textiles, the country largely depends on importation of finished T&C goods. This paper uses three models namely: new business model, efficient waste management system, and regenerative production processes and materials to demonstrate how the industry can become more sustainable. This effort will focus on reuse and recycling of textile and clothing products. Emphasis is built on eco-design to encourage proper waste management system to support recovery, reprocessing, reuse, and recycling of textile and clothing products.</p> </abstract>

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Value chain analysis of weaving industry

Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan Politik ◽

10.20473/mkp.v31i32018.300-309 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 300

Author(s):

Diah Ayu Rini ◽

Sri Rahayu Budiani

Keyword(s):

Value Chain ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Raw Material ◽

Value Chain Analysis ◽

Industrial Products ◽

Chain Analysis ◽

Industry Value Chain ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Small And Medium Industry

Value chain analysis is used to discover the distribution of the supply of raw materials and the marketing of industrial products. The research study focus was located in Gamplong Tourism Village, Sleman regency, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. The aims of this research were to 1) map the value chain of the weaving industry in Gamplong Tourism Village; 2) to identify existing obstacles to the weaving industry in Gamplong Tourism Village and 3) to determine appropriate strategies to minimise the obstacles in the weaving industry in Gamplong Tourism Village. The analysis used in this research was a descriptive analysis. The respondents in this study were 47 industry actors, the distributors of raw materials and marketing individuals. Data collection was conducted using a census and in-depth interviews with the weaving industry actors. This was snowballed to the distributor. Based on the results of the research, the value chain of the weaving industrial products as a whole consists of six actors, namely raw material suppliers, raw material distributors, weaving industry actors, distributors, retail traders, and consumers. The household industry value chain diﬀers from the small and medium industry value chain. Some of the obstacles to the Gamplong weaving industry are the length of the value chain, no labour regeneration, and less tourism village development. Therefore, strategies to reduce these obstacles include cutting down the value chains, managing human resources, and increasing the promotion strategies used.

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