scholarly journals Addressing Sustainability within Public Procurement of Food: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13395
Author(s):  
Elvira Molin ◽  
Michael Martin ◽  
Anna Björklund
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Dominant Focus ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
And Performance

Public procurement has been recognized as a tool to promote more sustainable production and consumption practices. As such, an increasing body of literature has become available in recent years focusing on the sustainable public procurement of food. This article reviews the literature on the sustainable public procurement of food with the aim to analyze how sustainability is framed. This is done by analyzing what aspects of sustainability are emphasized and what practices are identified as sustainable. A systematic literature review was conducted between the years 2000 and 2020, identifying 103 articles. Results from the literature review indicate that the focus has primarily been on studies to evaluate and explore policy and good practices for procuring sustainable foods. A dominant focus on specific foods types and origins, e.g., those locally sourced and organic foods, is highlighted by a large share of the literature to address all three sustainability pillars. We observed that most articles focus on all three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic), addressing different aspects and types of foods, although the focus varied depending upon geographic location. Despite many studies identifying opportunities and potential, few articles assess the sustainability or outcomes of procurement processes through quantitative or qualitative methods or how actors in the procurement process can improve procurement toward more sustainable foods. This indicates a need for further case studies and guidelines to measure the development, progress, and performance of public food procurement.

scholarly journals Privatization in State-Owned Enterprises: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Salma Shofia Rosyda ◽  
Sam'un Jaja Raharja
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Role Of The Government

One of the effective ways to improve the governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) is through privatization. A common problem that occurs at present in SOEs is that state-owned companies are inefficient in the use of resources, especially labor. The purpose of this research is to comprehend what is important in privatization, using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. Some things that are important in the privatization of State-Owned Enterprises include privatization performance based on privatization activities, success factors, CSR in privatized SOEs, and performance after reducing government ownership. An improvement of performance both in terms of attainment and income along with a decrease in CSR were likely experienced by SOEs when privatizing. In addition, this research was also conducted to find out whether there were parts that had become worse after privatization. The privatization of SOEs was carried out by modernizing the economy. The decrease in performance of CSR could be minimized by social activities carried out by the company. The role of the government was very important in the supervision of SOEs so no one was able to gain personal benefit. The involvement of stakeholders was very important in this process because it could increase the trust of shareholders. During privatization, cooperating partners had to guarantee that there would be no termination of workers. In fact, it was hoped that more workers were to be added.

A Systematic Literature Review for Personnel Scheduling Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 1695-1735
Author(s):  
Emir Hüseyin Özder ◽  
Evrencan Özcan ◽  
Tamer Eren
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Personnel Scheduling ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Activity Groups ◽  
Model Structures

Organizations need to focus on many parameters to reach their goals such as personnel satisfaction at the top level, profit maximization, increasing system efficiency and minimizing costs. By carefully examining the significant effect of personnel scheduling on the production of goods and services, achieving a fair distribution of work among the employees paves the way for higher motivation and performance of the employees, particularly, in production and service industries. In this paper, a systematic literature review (SLR) approach is used to demonstrate the necessity of scheduling studies in order to overcome the deficiencies in auxiliary activity groups. It sheds light on a new and very important areas such as examining the model structures of sector differences, and guiding researchers. New trends and approaches are presented for the personnel scheduling problems. Different classification perspectives are displayed.

A systematic literature review on total quality management critical success factors and the identification of new avenues of research

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Aquilani ◽  
Cecilia Silvestri ◽  
Alessandro Ruggieri ◽  
Corrado Gatti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
And Performance ◽  
New Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic literature review to identify new avenues of research in line with the ongoing changes in quality and management required to firms, especially regarding customers. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a systematic review of the literature contained in the three databases Ebsco, JSTOR, and Springerlink and on the search engine Google Scholar. Findings An analysis of the literature identifies three different clusters of papers: “identification” papers, which show that customer focus has gained importance in recent times; “implementation” papers, which highlight that a general or shared model or scale to successfully implement total quality management (TQM) does not yet exist; and “impact-on-performance” papers, which show that few studies have considered the relationship between TQM and the issues of both marketing and performance, underlining the most significant gap in the TQM literature. Research limitations/implications This study is limited by the small number of databases and search engines used and by the restricted number of keywords used in searching these sources. Practical implications This work highlights a gap in the existing research and thus an incomplete consideration of the interplay between management, marketing, and quality issues, all centered on customers and other stakeholders. Researchers and firms are thus advised to adopt a wider view that considers the role of the quality process to support the firm’s engagement of customers in activities that enhance both the customer role and customer satisfaction. Originality/value This study uses a systematic literature review to review all critical factors of TQM and identifies new research avenues and different approaches to implementing TQM, focusing on the central role that customers play in achieving firm success.

scholarly journals GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIOAN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
zilviwahyana ◽  
hanif al kadri
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
New Information ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

ABSTRAK This article aims to explain the notion of transformational leadership, factors influencing transformational leadership and the relationship between transformational leadership and performance. The methodology used in this article is Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Researchers look for relevant theories, conclude, analyze and researchers create new information based on existing theories. The results of this article are based on the analysis of researchers that there is a relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance in a company

How Do Pre-Alliance Motives and Strategies Affect Post-Alliance Performance in the Airline Industry?

2015 ◽  
pp. 332-358
Author(s):  
Raphaël K. Akamavi ◽  
Yue Xu ◽  
Hrisa Mitreva
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Airline Industry ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Alliance Performance ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Terrorist Events

The global airline industry has currently experienced major changes toward cooperation, where competitive advantages can be built via alliance memberships. The pressure of forming an appropriate alliance strategy is increasing because the airline industry has currently experienced uppermost shifts: intensive rivalry, rapid growth of technological explosion, environmental and terrorist events, etc. Despite positive pre-alliance motivations as recognized in most cases, after certain alliances strategies are formed and implemented, the post-alliance performance is not always satisfactory. Thus, the question of: how do pre-alliance motives and strategies affect post-alliance performance in the airline industry seems under explored. This study therefore looks into the triple relationships among: motives, strategy and performance. This study employs a systematic literature review method for this research topic. The review explores the main factors consisting of each triple dimension and then the linkages between them. Subsequently, it identifies theoretical gaps which indicate areas of further investigations.

scholarly journals Institutional Design and Performance of Markets for Watershed Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6382
Author(s):  
Hao Wang ◽  
Sander Meijerink ◽  
Erwin van der Krabben
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Main Research ◽  
And Performance

Markets for watershed ecosystem services have been developed as a tool in integrated water resources management. The development of vast markets for watershed ecosystem services has raised attention for the performance of these markets, their institutional design, and how their institutional design influences market performance. The main research questions guiding this systematic literature review are: Which types of markets can be distinguished; how is market performance operationalized; which institutional design characteristics are distinguished in the literature; and which of these characteristics are crucial to understanding performance? A systematic review of 224 journal articles from Web of Science leads to several main findings regarding these questions. Market performance is usually equated with effectiveness in the reviewed articles. Discussions in these articles include whether the market contributes to the preservation of ecosystem services, what the distributional impacts are, and what the participation rate is. The reviewed articles have illustrated specific institutional design features as well. The key features include the security of property rights, role of governments, bundling of ecosystem services (ES), and role of trust. In those articles addressing the relationship between institutional design and performance, the relevance of monitoring and enforcement, clearly defined property rights, and geographical market scope have been pointed out.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Innovation and Performance in Private Companies: Systematic Literature Review

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824401985584
Author(s):  
Tatiana Marceda Bach ◽  
Luciano Luiz Dalazen ◽  
Wesley Vieira da Silva ◽  
Alex Antonio Ferraresi ◽  
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
And Performance
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