Sustainable competitiveness practices of SMEs: a strategic framework using integrated DEMATEL-NK model

Nikhil Ghag, Padmanav Acharya, V. Khanapuri
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Purpose It is critical for small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) to review and monitor sustainability performance indicators across three dimensions: economic, environmental and social to attain long-term competitiveness. SMEs lack a holistic perspective on sustainability; they are frequently hindered from contemplating environmentally favorable investments beyond what is legally needed. The purpose of this paper is to present a joint Decision-making trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and NK methodology for developing a process model for introducing and implementing sustainable competitiveness practices for SMEs. Design/methodology/approach This study addresses the issue by adopting a sustainable competitiveness practices framework and applying a novel method that integrates DEMATEL and NK model for evaluating and developing the implementation path model for Indian manufacturing SMEs. Findings This paper also demonstrates that not only the relational practice itself but also the order in which the relational practices are implemented can be related to performance. According to the authors' preliminary findings, organizations in this study should first implement a social dimension, which includes sustainable leadership, knowledge sharing, etc., then an economic dimension like quality, sustainable innovations, etc., and finally environmental dimensions like green marketing, solid waste reduction, etc., with their management for competitiveness. Research limitations/implications These findings offer some preliminary information as well as advice for managers and policymakers looking to integrate sustainable efforts. Practical implications This study asserts that not only the interdependent practice but also the sequence of implementation is important and can relate to the performance. The path result shows that the organization develops first sustainable design and product development (economic), sustainable leadership (social) and solid waste reduction (environmental) practices. Originality/value There is no such study that develops a process model for introducing and implementing sustainable competitiveness of SMEs which assesses and analyzes the interdependencies across relational behaviors, to the best of authors’ knowledge. The novelty of this work lies in integrating DEMATEL-NK model approach.
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中小企业的可持续竞争力实践:采用综合DEMATEL-NK模型的战略框架
目的对于中小型企业(SMEs)来说,在经济、环境和社会三个方面审查和监测可持续性绩效指标对于获得长期竞争力至关重要。中小企业缺乏可持续发展的整体视角;他们经常受到阻碍,无法考虑超出法律需要的对环境有利的投资。本文的目的是提出一个联合决策试验和评估实验室(DEMATEL)和NK方法,为中小企业引入和实施可持续竞争力实践开发过程模型。本研究通过采用可持续竞争力实践框架和应用整合DEMATEL和NK模型的新方法来评估和开发印度制造业中小企业的实施路径模型,从而解决了这个问题。研究结果表明,不仅关系实践本身与绩效相关,实施关系实践的顺序也与绩效相关。根据作者的初步发现,本研究中的组织应首先实施社会维度,包括可持续领导,知识共享等,然后是经济维度,如质量,可持续创新等,最后是环境维度,如绿色营销,减少固体废物等,以及他们的竞争力管理。研究的局限性/意义这些发现为管理者和决策者提供了一些初步的信息和建议,以寻求整合可持续的努力。实践意义本研究认为,不仅相互依存的实践,而且实施的顺序也很重要,并且可以关系到绩效。路径结果表明,该组织首先开发可持续设计和产品开发(经济),可持续领导(社会)和减少固体废物(环境)实践。据作者所知,目前还没有这样的研究开发了一个过程模型来引入和实施中小企业的可持续竞争力,该模型评估和分析了关系行为之间的相互依赖性。这项工作的新颖之处在于整合了DEMATEL-NK模型方法。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing aims to foster and lead the international debate on global operations and strategic sourcing. It provides a central, authoritative and independent forum for the critical evaluation and dissemination of research and development, applications, processes and current practices relating to sourcing strategically for products, services, competences and resources on a global scale and to designing, implementing and managing the resulting global operations. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing places a strong emphasis on applied research with relevant implications for both knowledge and practice. Also, the journal aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and opinions on research projects and issues. As such, on top of a standard section publishing scientific articles, there will be two additional sections: "The Industry ViewPoint": in this section, industrial practitioners from around the world will be invited (max 2 contributions per issue) to present their point of view on a relevant subject area. This is intended to give the journal not just an academic focus, but a practical focus as well. In this way, we intend to reflect a trend that has characterised the past few decades, where interests and initiatives in research, academia and industry have been more and more converging to the point of collaborative relationships being a common practice. "Research Updates - Executive Summaries". In this section, researchers around the world will be given the opportunity to present their research projects in the area of global sourcing and outsourcing by means of an executive summary of their project. This will increase awareness of the on-going research projects in the area and it will attract interest from industry.
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