Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs

Malaysia has moved from agriculture-based economy to an industrial-based economy. As a consequence, manufacturing has increased markedly over the years that results 33.9% contribution to GDP. Literature have sho-wn that of manufacturing activities are responsible for air and water pollution, toxic e...

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Main Author:	Habib Qazi, Fawad
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Language:	English English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.99472023-09-13T07:31:42Z Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs 2016-08 Habib Qazi, Fawad HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Malaysia has moved from agriculture-based economy to an industrial-based economy. As a consequence, manufacturing has increased markedly over the years that results 33.9% contribution to GDP. Literature have sho-wn that of manufacturing activities are responsible for air and water pollution, toxic emission, and chemical spills that have created environmental issues. Globalization has increased customers awareness about environmental issues that introduced business opportunities for environmentally conscious manufacturing industries. Hence, manufacturing industries are facing pressure from global market to improve their sustainability performance by implementing environmental management practices. This research aims to determine the level of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices and investigate their effect on the environmental, · economic, and intangible performance. The research adapted survey research design using questionnaire to obtain data of GSCM practices from representatives of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the study area. The questionnaire was adapted from previous studies, and purposive sampling was used to select respondents. Data were collected from 120 SMEs to test the research hypothesis. The results showed that generally, there is medium implementation of GSCM practices among the studied SMEs which results improved performance. In addition, the results suggest 'that SMEs should strive to implement GSCM practices from the environmental point of view. Therefore, results clarify SMEs current state to assist both industry and academia on the way toward enhancing performance. It is recommended that more research should be conducted on GSCM practices and their effect on the intangible performance as limited studies were found on this aspect 2016-08 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9947/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9947/2/24p%20FAWAD%20HABIB%20QAZI.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9947/1/FAWAD%20HABIB%20QAZI%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9947/3/FAWAD%20HABIB%20QAZI%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
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description	Malaysia has moved from agriculture-based economy to an industrial-based economy. As a consequence, manufacturing has increased markedly over the years that results 33.9% contribution to GDP. Literature have sho-wn that of manufacturing activities are responsible for air and water pollution, toxic emission, and chemical spills that have created environmental issues. Globalization has increased customers awareness about environmental issues that introduced business opportunities for environmentally conscious manufacturing industries. Hence, manufacturing industries are facing pressure from global market to improve their sustainability performance by implementing environmental management practices. This research aims to determine the level of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices and investigate their effect on the environmental, · economic, and intangible performance. The research adapted survey research design using questionnaire to obtain data of GSCM practices from representatives of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the study area. The questionnaire was adapted from previous studies, and purposive sampling was used to select respondents. Data were collected from 120 SMEs to test the research hypothesis. The results showed that generally, there is medium implementation of GSCM practices among the studied SMEs which results improved performance. In addition, the results suggest 'that SMEs should strive to implement GSCM practices from the environmental point of view. Therefore, results clarify SMEs current state to assist both industry and academia on the way toward enhancing performance. It is recommended that more research should be conducted on GSCM practices and their effect on the intangible performance as limited studies were found on this aspect
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author	Habib Qazi, Fawad
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title	Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs
title_short	Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs
title_full	Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs
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Effect of green supply chain management practices on sustainability perpormance of ISO14001 SMEs

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