scholarly journals Sustainable International Expansion via Cooperation Networks in the Manufacturing Industries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 14013
Author(s):  
Anderson Rei Galvão ◽  
Carla Mascarenhas ◽  
Carla Susana Marques ◽  
Vitor Braga ◽  
Luis Moreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Purchasing Power ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Software Support ◽  
New Markets

For the manufacturing industry in particular, networks lead to an increasing interaction between different actors representing a complementary response to insecurity arising from internationalization subjects. The aim of this study is to understand how cooperation networks contribute to the international sustainability of the manufacturing industry. To carry out this study, a qualitative methodology was chosen through semi-structured interviews with eight companies in the manufacturing sector from different areas. The interviews were handled with NVIVO software support. Regarding the findings, it is unanimous that cooperation networks are essential for the internationalization of the manufacturing industry. In general, the companies that participated in the study believe that the networks helped to reduce costs and to have access to certain resources that were essential for the success of internationalization. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the size of the country and the low purchasing power were some of the substantial factors that triggered the process of searching for new markets. It also became evident that there are barriers that need to be taken into account at the time of internationalization and that cooperation with other companies can help to overcome them. This study provides empirical evidence on the importance of cooperation networks for the internationalization of companies in the manufacturing industry. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the main motivations, strategies and barriers for these companies to internationalize.

Sustainability assessment in the manufacturing industry: a review of recent studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 3162-3179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamraiz Ahmad ◽  
Kuan Yew Wong
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
Different Levels

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the recent sustainability assessment studies in the manufacturing industry from the triple-bottom-line (TBL) perspective. This paper aims to depict the status quo of practical sustainability assessment, summarize the different levels and boundaries of evaluation, and highlight the difficulties and further improvements needed to make the assessment more effective in the manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach Four keywords, namely, sustainability assessment, sustainable manufacturing, TBL and green production, were used to explore and find the relevant articles. First, this paper systematically reviewed the studies and analyzed the different levels and boundaries of sustainability assessment. Following this, the reviewed studies were critically discussed along with their merits and shortcomings. Findings The review showed that most of the sustainability assessment studies were conducted on product, company and process levels in the manufacturing industry. Nevertheless, there is still a need to focus more on plant and process level assessments to achieve the TBL objectives. Environmental assessment is comparatively matured in manufacturing industries. However, from the economic and social viewpoints, only cost analysis and workers’ safety, respectively, were considered in most of the studies. The economic and social indicators need to be more inclusive and should be validated and standardized for manufacturing industries. Originality/value Unlike previous sustainability assessment reviews in manufacturing industries which were mostly based on life cycle assessment, this paper has included environmental, social and economic aspects in one comprehensive review and focused on recent studies published from 2010 to 2017. This paper has explored the recent sustainability assessment trends and provided insights into the development of sustainability assessment in the manufacturing sector.

A study of strategic HR issues in an Asian context

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naresh Khatri ◽  
Pawan S. Budhwar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Strategic Human Resource Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
Hr Function ◽  
Hr Strategy ◽  
Hr Competencies

Examines five strategic human resource management (HRM) issues using a qualitative methodology. Two of these are related to the central organisational‐level constructs of structure and culture. The other three pertain to HR strategy, HR competencies, and HR outsourcing. The study employed the multiple‐case design method proposed by Yin, with a view to extending theory in strategic HRM research. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 35 managers (CEOs, line managers, and HR managers) of nine companies from two major industries in the manufacturing sector – electronic products and machinery/equipment. The research found that top management enlightenment and level of HR competencies together determine the role and status of the HR function in organisations, and that the companies studied pursue four types of HR strategies: informal and not communicated; informal and communicated; formal but not communicated; and formal and communicated. HR strategy was found to affect both vertical and horizontal fits of the HR function. Culture, HR strategy and HR competencies influenced organisational propensity to outsource HR activities.

scholarly journals Potensi dan Prospek Industri Kecil

The Winners ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Dedi Walujadi
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Main Contributor ◽  
Economic Contribution

The manufacturing sector has retained its importance in the Indonesian Economy. Since 1990 it has surpassed the agricultural sector as the main contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Article analyses strenght and weaknesses of the small-scale manufacturing industries (SSIs). By ussing the economic contribution approach and the framework proposed by Pyke, based on 2003 data provided by BPS statistics Indonesiathe study investigates the SSIs performance in relation to their economic contribution, the collective efficiency, constant innovation and economic ofscope strategy. It is conluded that Pyke’s framework was not apply since SSIs facing lack of social infrastructures and knowledge, and mostly less educated compared with the larger one. The empirical evidence also shows that in terms of value added and labor absorption, its share less than 1 % and 16 % respectively of the whole of industrialsectors. 

scholarly journals Cooperation Networks and Embeddedness—The Case of the Portuguese Footwear Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9612
Author(s):  
Rúben Rocha ◽  
Anderson Rei Galvão ◽  
Carla Susana Marques ◽  
Carla Mascarenhas ◽  
Vítor Braga
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Data Coding ◽  
Business Association ◽  
Practical Implications

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of embeddedness and cooperation networks in the business internationalization process. To achieve the abovementioned purpose, a qualitative methodology was carefully chosen, through which semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten entrepreneurs of the footwear sector in Portugal, as well as with a head of the national footwear business association. In order to process the data obtained by conducting the interviews, content analysis and data coding through the NVivo software were performed. The results suggest that internationalization is essential for companies in the Portuguese footwear sector. In addition to internationalization helping companies to increase their turnover, it allows companies to grow in a more sustainable way. On the other hand, research also allows us to deduce that networks play an important role in the development of the organizations in question, as they facilitate access to various resources indispensable to this growth. Concerning embeddedness, this aspect presents itself as a facet to which special attention should be paid, considering the pre-eminence that respondents attribute to all variables that help to structure this dimension. The conclusions of this study have theoretical and practical implications, which provide empirical evidence of how the internationalization process can influence the activity of Portuguese companies in the footwear sector. In addition, the results contribute to the evolution of existing knowledge about how embeddedness and cooperation networks facilitate the internationalization process.

An investigation and implementation framework of Lean Green and Six Sigma (LG&SS) strategies for the manufacturing industry in India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaivesh Gandhi ◽  
Shashank Thanki ◽  
Jitesh J. Thakkar
Keyword(s):  
Six Sigma ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Micmac Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Micmac

PurposeThe Indian manufacturing sector currently contributes 16–17% to gross domestic product (GDP) and gives employment to around 12% (2014) of the country's workforce. Among the various initiatives planned under Atma Nirbhar Bharat and “Make in India”, the Indian government aims to increase the share of the manufacturing sector to country's GDP to 25% by 2025. To ensure sustainable growth of the Indian manufacturing industries in global market, successful and implementation of strategies such as lean manufacturing, green manufacturing along with six sigma are crucial. This research aims at identification and analysis of barriers to successful implementation of integrated Lean Green Six Sigma (LG&SS) strategies.Design/methodology/approachBased on an evaluative literature review and expert's opinion, this research identifies 18 barriers to lean, green and six sigma implementation in the manufacturing industry in India. The inter-relationships among the barriers is identified using an integrated approach of ISM (interpretive structural modelling) and Fuzzy Matrice d’Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliquée á un Classement (MICMAC).FindingsISM helps to derive key managerial insights and implementation plan based on the identified inter-relationships among the barriers. Fuzzy MICMAC analysis classifies the barriers into four categories, namely, autonomous, driver, dependent and linkage to understand their relative impact on the implementation of LG&SS practices in the Indian manufacturing industry. “Lack of cooperation and mutual trust between management and employees”, “The scarcity of time and work pressure”, “lack of continuous improvement work culture” and “lack of cooperation from suppliers” that forms the top most level of the model. “Weak legislation” is a highly significant barrier to LG&SS implementation in the Indian manufacturing industries.Practical implicationsIt is expected that the findings of this research will help the Indian manufacturing industry to derive a sustainable competitive advantage through an effective implementation of LG&SS practices.Originality/valueThis study can be seen as the first attempt in investigating barriers to successful implementation of lean, green and six sigma strategies in the Indian manufacturing industries using ISM and fuzzy MICMAC analysis.

scholarly journals Advantage Management Strategy in Competition via Technological Race Perspective: Empirical Evidence from the Taiwanese Manufacturing Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Tsu-Yi Hung ◽  
Yu-Ju Hsiao ◽  
Shih-Wei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Catch Up

This study investigated the advantage management strategies of a firm regarding the technological race in the manufacturing sector. This is to reveal whether firms adopt a catch-up or leapfrogging strategy in the competition for innovation. The results show that competition is fierce in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry. Taiwanese manufacturing firms (mostly SMEs) tend to adopt the “catch-up” strategy to keep up with their competitors in order to remain in the technological race. The result indicates that, under financial constraints, Taiwanese manufacturing firms attempt to invest in R&D to catch up with their rivals or to avoid being eliminated from the race.

scholarly journals Safety Climate in the Indian Manufacturing Industry - An Exploratory Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Narayanappa Thimmarayappa Vijalapura ◽  
Swamy Devappa Renuka ◽  
Pranesh Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Partial Least Squares Regression ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
The Status ◽  
Indian Manufacturing Sector

Research indicates safety climate is used to measure the safety of an organization. However, very few studies examine the status of safety climate in the manufacturing sector. This paper aims to explicate the status of safety climate in the Indian manufacturing sector. Four hundred fifty employees from 13 manufacturing industries in Karnataka were sampled. Perception data about the safety in their respective plants was collected using self-reporting questionnaires. The data was subjected to factor analysis, and Partial Least Squares regression was run to determine the nature of the relationships the constructs shared with Safety Climate.

OUTSOURCING AND FRAGMENTATION IN SINGAPORE'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (03) ◽  
pp. 539-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHANDRE M. THANGAVELU ◽  
MUN HENG TOH ◽  
KWAN KEE NG
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
It Services ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Industrial Level ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on productive performance of manufacturing industries in Singapore. The paper develops an outsourcing measure based on the narrow definition of intermediate imports given by Feenstra and Hanson (1996, 1999). Based on the input-output tables, the study uses 5-digit industrial-level classifications to measure the impact of outsourcing on productivity of the manufacturing industries in Singapore from 1995–2004. The outsourcing measure is further decomposed by import of services, import of IT services and import of business services. This decomposition allows us to study the impact of outsourcing of services in addition to the cross-border fragmentation of products and components. The results suggest strong positive impact of cross-border sourcing on the productivity of the manufacturing sector. The decomposition of outsourcing measure indicates that the manufacturing industries are more involved in cross-border sourcing of services, particularly in business services.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Agricultural Manufacturing in the Egyptian Economic Growth: Kaldor's Hypotheses

2021 ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
Ahmed Abou El-Yazid El-Rasoul ◽  
Mai Mustafa Hassan Morsi ◽  
Mohamed Ibrahim Younis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Growth

This research uses a Kaldor’s hypotheses to estimate the contribution of the agricultural manufacturing sector to increase the economic growth of the Egyptian agricultural sector during the period 1997-2018. It based on the three "hypotheses" of growth. Kaldor model depends on three hypotheses related to the relationship between the growth of manufacturing sector and the economic growth. The study used the growth rate, dummy variable, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) test, and used CUSUM squares test and Chow breakpoint test. In addition to, testing the stability of time series depended on E-view 11.0. The food, beverage, tobacco industries and textiles industry are the largest two sectors in the Egyptian agricultural manufacturing industries, as they represent about 83.58% of the total value of the agricultural manufacturing industries output during the period 1997-2018. The results shows that the increase of real growth rates of food, beverage, tobacco industries and textile production lead to increasing in the real growth rate of agricultural output. According to CUSUM Sq test and Chow test, the year 2003 is considered as the switch point for the study variables. Also, if the real agricultural manufacturing production growth rate increases, the real agricultural manufacturing labor productivity growth rate will increase. And if the real growth rate of agricultural manufacturing production value increases, the real growth rate of agricultural non-manufacturing labor productivity will increase. The results of the research assist decision-makers in the field of manufacturing industry and agriculture in Egypt, especially in the stages of economic development.

scholarly journals Implementation of TQM in Manufacturing Industries of Developing Countries - Case Study: Albanian Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Jonida Teta ◽  
Eralda Xhafka ◽  
Ilo Bodi
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Quality Principles ◽  
Tools And Techniques

Manufacturing industry in Albania has been grown significantly over the last decades due to increased public demand, Government’s initiatives, and the investors increased interest in the manufacturing sector. Unfortunately, quality of product is still an important issue for the locally produced goods. Only a few manufacturers are producing high quality products with higher customer satisfaction. Many of them are holding quality certificates but a few has reached a stage of product development where they are able to apply modern quality principles and techniques effectively. Research on product quality improvement shows that meeting customer satisfaction, increasing profits and reducing losses to a minimum level can be attained through the application of modern quality philosophies and principles such as Total Quality Management (TQM). Understanding the tools and techniques of TQM is considered to be significant in order to get useful results. A better understanding is required to investigate the current status of TQM implementation. This research article presents a survey on current quality control practices within the manufacturing industries in Albania to assess the potentiality of implementing TQM technique and principles in order to improve the customer satisfactions and market share.

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