Article
Management
Saad Zighan, Nidal Yousef Dwaikat, Ziad Alkalha, Moheeb Abualqumboz
Summary: This study investigates the role of supply chain knowledge management in enhancing pharmaceutical supply chain resilience. Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with 38 professionals from the pharmaceutical supply chain in the Middle East region to collect empirical data. The study reveals that supply chain knowledge management is a crucial practice that improves pharmaceutical supply chain resilience and enables organizations to develop capabilities that support supply chain resilience.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Kerry Huang, Kedi Wang, Peter K. C. Lee, Andy C. L. Yeung
Summary: Industry 4.0, the integration of intelligent and digital technologies, has gained much attention in operations management. However, there is limited empirical research on the impact of Industry 4.0 adoption on supply chain resilience. This study examines the effects of 16 Industry 4.0 technologies and IT advancement on supply chain resilience through the mediating roles of supply chain capabilities. The findings reveal a positive relationship between Industry 4.0 adoption and IT advancement, and a significant mediating effect of supply chain collaboration and visibility on the impacts of Industry 4.0 and IT advancement on supply chain resilience.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Edward Elson Kosasih, Alexandra Brintrup
Summary: Supply chain business interruption is identified as a key risk factor in recent years, with researchers highlighting the importance of understanding the procurement interdependencies between suppliers. This article introduces using Graph Neural Networks (GNN) as an automated method for supply chain visibility problem and shows that it outperforms existing algorithms in a real automotive network scenario.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Salam Abdallah, Nishara Nizamuddin
Summary: In this paper, a blockchain-based framework for the online sale of pharmaceutical products is proposed. It eliminates intermediaries such as hospitals or pharmacies and utilizes Ethereum smart contracts to monitor interactions, track transactions, and ensure secure payment dispersal. The smart contracts also regulate the interaction between sellers and consumers, monitor IoT container status, and provide full notification to consumers. Special cases such as consumer refunds are handled to ensure the safe delivery of medicines.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Shehzad Ahmed, Tahera Kalsoom, Naeem Ramzan, Zeeshan Pervez, Muhammad Azmat, Bassam Zeb, Masood Ur Rehman
Summary: Research on the relationships and impact of IoT on supply chain visibility is still limited, this study contributes by analyzing existing literature to synthesize the use of IoT technologies to gain visibility in supply chains, and proposing an empirical research agenda to address identified gaps.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Shehu Sani, Hanbing Xia, Jelena Milisavljevic-Syed, Konstantinos Salonitis
Summary: In today's complex and dynamic world, Supply Chain Management is facing increasing difficulties. Companies are turning to data-driven technologies such as machine learning to overcome these challenges. This research developed a new model, the LightGBM, that accurately predicts risks in supply chains and offers computational efficiency.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Zahed Ghaderi, Hanieh Shakori, Fatemeh Bagheri, Colin Michael Hall, Raouf Ahmad Rather, Zahra Moaven
Summary: This study examines the impact of internal and external measures of green supply chain management on environmental cost reduction in hotels, as well as the mediating role of agility and resilience of a green supply chain in improving supply chain performance. The results demonstrate that both internal and external measures of green supply chain management have a positive and significant effect on reducing environmental costs in hotels. The reduction in environmental costs directly contributes to the agility, resilience, and overall performance of the green supply chain. The findings highlight the importance of addressing environmental measures in the hotel industry to enhance supply chain performance.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2023)
Review
Management
Guilherme Tortorella, Flavio S. Fogliatto, Shang Gao, Toong-Khuan Chan
Summary: This study aims to identify the contribution of Industry 4.0 integration into supply chains to the enhancement of supply chain resilience. A scoping review was conducted on relevant literature regarding supply chain resilience and Industry 4.0 integration into supply chain management. The authors summarized the main findings and proposed three research directions for further exploration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Milena Kajba, Borut Jereb, Matevz Obrecht
Summary: This paper explores the application of Digital Twin technology to supply chain systems and other logistics IT trends, aiming to research the pressing issue of ensuring the visibility and resilience of future supply chain systems. The objective of the paper is to produce a conceptual model for the investment assessment of necessary IT resources. The paper establishes the relevance of logistics IT trends to supply chain systems and proposes Digital Twin technology applications to other logistics IT trends.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Navaz Naghavi, Mobashar Mubarik, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Syed Imran Zaman, Syed Hasnain Alam Kazmi
Summary: Industry 4.0 drives supply chain mapping to have a significant impact on supply chain visibility and resilience, suggesting firms adopt this strategy to enhance performance.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Shivam Gupta, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Sachin Kamble
Summary: Healthcare supply chain management (HCSCM) is a network of different systems, tools, and processes that enables the seamless distribution of healthcare materials. The study examines the impact of Industry 4.0 on HCSCM, particularly during a crisis such as COVID-19, and identifies the moderating role of environmental dynamism. The findings indicate that Industry 4.0 significantly improves the performance of HCSCM and that environmental dynamism plays a crucial role in this relationship.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Business
Nuha Adel Luqman, Syed Zamberi Ahmad, Matloub Hussain
Summary: The study investigates the influence of supply chain resilience (SCR) and supply chain capabilities (SCC) on supply chain performance (SCP) in the UAE energy industry. The study finds that SCR and SCC have a significant positive impact on SCP, with SCR playing a mediating role. However, there is a negative moderating effect of SCR on SCP through SCC.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Xiaodan Zhu, Anh Ninh, Hui Zhao, Zhenming Liu
Summary: Accurate demand forecasting is crucial for the pharmaceutical supply chain, but limited data and hidden factors pose challenges for advanced models. A novel framework is proposed to improve forecasting accuracy by leveraging cross-series time data and advanced machine learning models.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Wei Liang, Lei Zhang, Michel Kadoch
Summary: The 6G Internet of Things (IoT) is crucial for supply chain operations and control. Blockchain and machine learning are two upper-layer technologies that can enhance the security and automation of IoT. Integrating blockchain into modern supply chains facilitates effective communication among partners. For inbound logistics task prediction, a Multi-Head Attention (MHA)-Based Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) model is developed, which shows satisfactory fitting efficiency and prediction precision compared to competitors.
Review
Management
Vivek Roy
Summary: This paper contrasts supply chain traceability and visibility, highlighting both their convergence and divergence, as well as the critical role of information sharing within them. It also points out key strategic considerations for demarcating the boundaries of these two concepts in future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Kannan Govindan, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Adegboyega Oyedijo
Summary: This study aims to develop a comprehensive measure of supply chain mapping and identify its various dimensions to respond to supply chain disruptions, providing a framework for operationalizing supply chain mapping.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Steve Brown, Muhammad Faraz Mubarak
Summary: This study examines the impact of intellectual capital on sustainable production, as well as the role of supply chain management and blockchain technology in this relationship. The results show that while intellectual capital has an insignificant direct impact on sustainable production, it has a significant indirect effect through blockchain-driven supply chain management and supply chain mapping.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Muhammad Shahbaz, Asad ul Islam Khan, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarak
Summary: This study examines the evolution of the long-run relationship between oil prices and metals prices from January 1979 to December 2017 using the rolling-window autoregressive lag modeling (RARDL) testing approach. The empirical findings suggest that there is no long-run relationship between oil prices and metals prices (gold, platinum, and silver) in a 5-year rolling window. However, a long-run relationship between oil prices and steel prices is observed from December 2003 to December 2014. In larger rolling windows of 10, 15, and 20 years, oil prices are not cointegrated with gold prices, but steel, silver, and platinum show a long-run relationship with oil prices in different periods.
QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Syed Mehmood Hassan, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sana Fatima
Summary: This study evaluates the importance of critical supply chain processes in reducing Time to Market (TTM) for a company using a decision support system based on Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results highlight the significant impact of demand forecasting error and service quality within the Plan and Deliver processes on controlling TTM. The findings provide valuable insights for managers and decision-makers in identifying key areas for improvement at the operational level to enhance strategic performance in terms of TTM.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Himanshu Gupta, Syed Imran Zaman, Mobashar Mubarik
Summary: The emergence of blockchain technologies is transforming the management of traditional supply chains by enhancing traceability, accountability, and sustainability. However, the direct impact of blockchain technologies on supply chain sustainability is not significant, with the improvement in sustainability being largely attributed to supply chain integration and mapping facilitated by blockchain.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Industrial Relations & Labor
Muhammad Mujtaba, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Kamran Ahmed Soomro
Summary: This study aims to develop a construct to measure talent management in an organization, using a fourfold approach and data collected through surveys. The results indicate the significance of talent management practices in changing business dynamics, with 26 items under 5 factors found to be significant in uncertain economic environments.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
(2022)
Article
Business
Ghulam Qader, Zubair Ali Shahid, Muhammad Junaid, Imran Mehboob Shaikh, Muhamamd Asif Qureshi
Summary: This study examines the factors that drive the exporter's influence toward the adoption of halal meat supply chain in Pakistan using the diffusion of innovation theory. The findings suggest that the decision to adopt the halal supply chain is influenced by perceived relative advantage, perceived compatibility, perceived complexity, religious beliefs, and awareness. However, the study has limitations and further research is needed in other contexts with a larger sample size.
JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC MARKETING
(2023)
Article
Management
Arsalan Zahid Piprani, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Suhana Mohezar Ali, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Muhammad Shahbaz
Summary: This study examines the role of multi-dimensional supply chain flexibility in improving supply chain resilience under high supply chain risk environment. The findings indicate that multi-dimensional supply chain flexibility significantly contributes to improving supply chain resilience. The study also shows the moderating effects of customer-oriented and external risks and the weak moderating effects of supplier-oriented risks on supply chain resilience. These findings provide empirical support for the importance of multi-dimensional supply chain flexibility in bolstering supply chain resilience under high supply chain risk environment.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Management
Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Syed Saad Ahmed, Tahir Islam, Essa Khan
Summary: This study aims to investigate whether servant leadership can trigger servant colleagueship among employees and reveals the mediating role of self-transcendence in the relationship between servant leadership and servant colleagueship. The findings indicate that servant leadership is related to self-transcendence and employees' enacted servant colleagueship.
LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yaling Li, Qamar Abbas, Shahjehan Manthar, Aftab Hameed, Zainab Asad
Summary: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on people's mental health, particularly among nurses. This study examines the connection between fear of COVID-19 and secondary traumatic stress in nurses and explores the moderating effects of occupational self-efficacy on this relationship.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Yushi Jiang, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Syed Imran Zaman, Syed Hasnain Alam, Muhammad Arif
Summary: Existing literature emphasizes the importance of corporate governance mechanism in mitigating agency conflicts and confirms the effectiveness of board structure (measured as size, diversity, independence, and CEO duality) in overcoming agency problems. This study examines the impact of board structure on a firm's cash holding levels and tests the role of cash holding in the association between board structure and firm performance. The results show that most corporate governance variables do not affect cash holding levels in manufacturing and servicing sectors, except for block holders which have a negative impact on cash holding in manufacturing. Cash holding significantly mediates between board size and ROA. Firms with weaker governance structures tend to have lower cash holding and are prone to external environmental risk.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Business
Muhammad Junaid, Qingyu Zhang, Mei Cao, Adeel Luqman
Summary: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and sustainability requirements, healthcare organizations are facing disruptions and uncertainties, posing risks to patient safety and decreasing overall health service quality. This study explores the relationship between supply chain dynamic capabilities, supply chain integration, supply chain resilience, sustainable competitive advantage, and sustainable supply chain performance. The findings suggest that dynamic capabilities positively influence integration, resilience, advantage, and performance. Furthermore, advantage, integration, and resilience mediate the relationship between dynamic capabilities and performance.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Anum Khan, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Navaz Naghavi
Summary: This research examines the influence of cybercrimes on financial inclusion in a developing country and explores the role of cybersecurity in controlling this impact. The findings indicate that strong cybersecurity can reduce the consequences of cyber threats on financial inclusion. It is recommended for banks to enhance their cybersecurity measures to minimize cyber-attacks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Business
Hashim Zameer, Ying Wang, Humaira Yasmeen, Shujaat Mubarak
Summary: The role of business analytics and environmental orientation in green innovation and green competitive advantage is investigated in this study. The study also finds that green innovation acts as a mediator between business analytics, environmental orientation, and green competitive advantage. The findings suggest that business analytics has a stronger impact on green innovation compared to environmental orientation.
MANAGEMENT DECISION
(2022)
Article
Business
Mustapha Cheikh-Ammar
Summary: This investigation proposes a theory of IT desirability to explain the human experience of IT in today's highly digitized world. The theory takes into account the actions that IT artifacts enable and the tasks that users want to perform, as well as the users' personal values and what the artifact represents for them. The concept of Person-IT Fit is introduced to conceptualize the match between a person's values and the spirit of an IT artifact. The study illustrates the connections between Person-IT Fit and IT Desirability, user behavior, and reasoned appraisals of IT through empirical studies.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Wojciech Czakon, Karolina Mania, Monika Jedynak, Aneta Kuzniarska, Michal Choinski, Marina Dabic
Summary: The study finds that firms' activity on social media can enhance stakeholder engagement and improve communication with customers. By analyzing micro-interactions on social media, the study explores organizational identity and identifies differences in communication strategies with different stakeholders.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Joao Estevao, Jose Dias Lopes
Summary: This study examines renewable energy consumption in the Eurozone from 2000 to 2019 using panel data analysis and the Driscoll-Kraay technique. The study confirms that GDP is inversely related to renewable energy consumption, while Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and energy imports are negatively associated with renewable energy consumption. Additionally, there is a direct correlation between R&D expenditure and renewable energy consumption. Comparing two models, the disaggregated data model shows a stronger association between renewable energy consumption and electricity production volumes differentiated by energy sources. This study highlights the importance of using disaggregated energy production data for understanding the renewable energy transition.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Nur Azira Norzelan, Intan Salwani Mohamed, Maslinawati Mohamad
Summary: This research aims to investigate the technology acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) among the heads of finance and accounting units in the shared service industry, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The findings show that performance expectancy, attitude, skill, and technical capability have a major impact on AI technology acceptance. However, there is no link between AI technology acceptance and effort expectancy, social influence, or facilitating conditions. The findings provide insights on important areas to prioritize when using AI in business, especially in finance and accounting.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Shubo Yang, Atif Jahanger, Muhammad Usman
Summary: Smart cities are a crucial strategy for China's high-quality development, promoting green innovation at the firm level. The smart city pilot policy is particularly important for non-state-owned enterprises, heavily polluting industries, and non-resource-based cities.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Andrew Adewale Alola, Jaana Rahko
Summary: This study examines the impact of climate change technologies on greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial and energy sectors of Nordic countries. The results show that both domestically developed environmental technologies and technology spillovers from foreign economies help mitigate emissions, particularly in the industrial sector. Economic growth also plays a vital role in emissions.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Tobias Buchmann, Patrick Wolf
Summary: This study examines the driving forces behind the creation of breakthrough patents. By comparing the solar PV and wind industries, it is found that closeness to science is more important in the wind industry, while technological specialization is advantageous for breakthrough creation in the photovoltaics industry.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Meiyang Zhang, Xuezhong Zhu, Rui Liu
Summary: The extension of patent length through fast-tracking patent applications policy has a significant positive impact on corporate innovation, particularly in companies with political resources, belonging to industries with a higher patent tendency, and facing fierce market competition.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Francis Kyere, Dongying Sun, Gertrude Dotse Bampoe, Naana Yaa Gyamea Kumah, Dennis Asante
Summary: This research examines the acceptance and resistance of household-based solar PV systems in Ghana. The findings reveal that household values and attitudes, cost implications, performance expectancy, technological complexity, and market design are key factors influencing the adoption or resistance of solar PV systems.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Yuhai Lu, Mincheng Gong, Linzhuo Lu, Yaqin Wang, Yang Wang
Summary: Improving energy efficiency is crucial for environmental protection and resource conservation. This study measured the impact of urban polycentrism on total-factor energy efficiency in 332 prefecture-level cities in China, using satellite data and panel data analysis. The results provide insights into the relationship between urban spatial distribution and energy efficiency.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Joynal Abdin, Abhijit Sharma, Rohit Trivedi, Chengang Wang
Summary: This study examines the relationship between financing constraints, intellectual property rights protection, and firm innovation within transitional economies. The findings suggest that both financing constraints and intellectual property rights have adverse effects on firm innovation, with varying impacts across industries. Additionally, the study proposes that in transition economies, firms tend to adopt an imitational innovation strategy due to resource constraints, highlighting the importance of intellectual property rights protection for firm-level innovation.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Sean Kruger, Adriana Aletta Steyn
Summary: The purpose of this study is to explore how innovation mechanisms can be employed to foster stronger innovation capabilities within a university ecosystem, particularly in the African context. Using a case study methodology, the research findings reveal that innovation mechanisms such as makerspaces within universities provide critical support for innovation and collaboration.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu, Kun -Huang Huarng
Summary: This research examines the causal complexity of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) achievements by using popular indices as antecedents. The results show multiple relationships for both 2020 and 2021, and suggest that countries with different competitive advantages can choose the proper causal relationship to facilitate their own SDG achievements.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Kyriaki I. Kafka, Pantelis C. Kostis
Summary: Uncertainty has a significant impact on innovation outcomes, which is influenced by economic institutions. Advanced economies counter the negative effects of uncertainty through increased R&D spending, while developing countries struggle to mitigate uncertainty and require support from economic institutions to foster innovation production.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
Article
Business
Jesrina Ann Xavier, Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Ganeshsree Selvachandran, Shio Gai Quek
Summary: This study uses artificial intelligence to analyze data and finds that ethnic entrepreneurial enterprises orchestrate resources to expand and develop their businesses during generational change. The study emphasizes the importance of resource orchestration for product innovation, market growth, and business development in ethnic entrepreneurial enterprises.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
