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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Basheer M. Al-Ghazali, M. Sadiq Sohail
Summary: The study found that employees' perceptions of CSR positively impact their career satisfaction, with organizational pride, organizational embeddedness, and psychological capital mediating this relationship. Additionally, both dimensions of moral identity (internalized and symbolic) positively moderate the link between CSR perceptions and career satisfaction.
Review
Energy & Fuels
Arshad Raza, Mohamed Mahmoud, Muhammad Arif, Saad Alafnan
Summary: This paper reviews hydrogen energy in Saudi Arabia, focusing on production, transportation, storage, and suitable geologic media. It emphasizes the importance of utilizing depleted reservoirs for hydrogen storage. Saudi Arabia has abundant resources and a well-established infrastructure for clean hydrogen production. Specifically, sedimentary and igneous rock formations offer large storage capacity and good injectivity.
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Environmental Sciences
Ali Saleh Alshebami
Summary: This study examines the critical elements that help small Saudi entrepreneurs strengthen their entrepreneurial resilience through internal locus of control and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, particularly during trying times. The study found that entrepreneurial self-efficacy could mediate the relationship between the internal locus of control and entrepreneurial resilience.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Management
Gary Dushnitsky, Lei Yu
Summary: This study adopts an abductive approach to study the antecedents of corporate venture capital (CVC) in China. The findings indicate that in China, the primary objective of CVC is to achieve growth through market expansion, rather than focusing solely on technology.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Bettina Lynda Bastian, Bronwyn P. Wood
Summary: Well-educated Saudi women entrepreneurs lack understanding and intrinsic motivation to implement sustainable business practices. They believe that the government should incentivize businesses to undertake sustainable practices.
Article
Mathematics
Ruijun Zhang, Xiaotong Yang, Nian Li, Muhammad Asif Khan
Summary: This paper empirically analyzes herd behavior in the Chinese VC market, finding that it is mainly driven by positive signals of essential information and information uncertainty, and influenced by external information environment and reputation concerns. The study also reveals that VC herd behavior has a negative impact on exit performance, providing valuable insights for the steady growth of the venture capital market in emerging economies.
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Business, Finance
Natdanai Aleenajitpong, Arnat Leemakdej
Summary: Venture capital firms face uncertainty and asymmetric information risks when investing in early-stage technology companies, but syndication networks can help reduce this information gap. Network connections are crucial for success in emerging markets with underdeveloped institutional environments. Despite being in its early stages, the venture capital industry in Southeast Asia is growing rapidly and becoming a significant player in the global economy.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad AlHashmi, Gyan Chhipi-Shrestha, Rajeev Ruparathna, Kh Md Nahiduzzaman, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq
Summary: This study proposes an energy performance assessment framework for residential buildings in hot and arid regions, focusing on operational energy, GHG emissions, and cost. Results show different energy consumption patterns for each building type in different regions of Saudi Arabia, aiding long-term planning for the residential sector.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ashwag Madkhali, Seedwell T. M. Sithole
Summary: This study examines the role of information technology in sustainable development in Saudi Arabia. Through analyzing four case studies, it shows that the country has made significant progress in green initiatives, using technologies such as IoT, blockchain, and AI to enhance energy efficiency and reduce waste. The research emphasizes the importance of policy interventions and public-private partnerships in achieving environmental sustainability and economic growth.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim
Summary: This study investigated the environmental awareness and attitudes towards renewable energy. The findings showed that the majority of Saudi Arabians had a moderate level of knowledge about renewable energy. Most respondents expressed concern about the harmful effects of pollution and believed that alternative energy could be beneficial. However, a high percentage of respondents viewed the adoption of renewable energy technology as ineffective due to the high costs involved.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sunyang Hu, Yichen Jiang, Xianlong Wang
Summary: The government's intervention under the approval system seriously hampers the healthy development of the financial market. This study examines the impact of venture capital on the IPO process of startup enterprises under registration and approval systems, and finds that after the trial registration system, VC-owned startups can pass and list at a significantly faster speed. Venture capitalists can further accelerate the passing speed by sending directors and improving risk disclosure, leading to better performance of VC-supported startups after listing.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Puck D. Hegeman, Roger Sorheim
Summary: This study reveals the diversity of corporate venture capital investors and the diversity of investment motivations. It points out that small and medium enterprises are also actively investing, while large companies invest to promote corporate greening to maintain competitiveness.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Abdulaziz Alruwaished, Sultan Alshehri, Abdulkarim Mukhrish, Afaque Shams, Khaled Al-Athel
Summary: As part of the Saudi energy sustainability plan in Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is embracing nuclear fission energy as one of its sustainable choices. The lack of published papers on nuclear energy initiatives in the Kingdom has motivated this research work, which discusses the role of nuclear power in the Saudi energy sector, international requirements for building a nuclear energy program, recommendations for an outstanding nuclear power program, and challenges in the educational sector. It also explores topics such as regulating technical support organizations, nuclear power plant safety, and lessons learned from similar countries.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hatem Alhazmi, Abdulilah K. Alduwais, Thamer Tabbakh, Saad Aljamlani, Bandar Alkahlan, Abdulaziz Kurdi
Summary: The study evaluates the potential environmental impact of constructing a villa in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on the villa's operational use phase having the highest global warming potential and acidification impact. Results show that Saudi Arabian plans to increase renewable energy sources and reduce hydrocarbon-generated electricity by 2032 will significantly reduce CO2 emissions from electricity, leading to a notable reduction in environmental impact.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Bei Han
Summary: The study utilized the PSM model to analyze the impact of venture capital on enterprise innovation, showing that joint venture capital has a significant promoting effect on the number of patent applications.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Junjun Liu, Yunting Feng, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study developed a low-tier GSCM model for managing second-tier suppliers and explored how to effectively motivate these suppliers to participate in green supply chain management. The findings showed that the manufacturer understood the prominent role of second-tier suppliers, but these suppliers had limited awareness of the manufacturer's requirements, and the first-tier supplier overlooked the importance of internal drivers by second-tier suppliers. Additionally, government policies, such as GSCM-related demonstration projects, were found to be elemental in promoting low-tier GSCM implementation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yunting Feng, Kee-hung Lai, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study focuses on the emergence and adoption of green supply chain innovation (GSCI) in the digital-enabled Industry 4.0 era. GSCI is defined as the application of emergent digital technologies by manufacturers to integrate environmental concerns into supply chain management activities. The concept of GSCI is gaining attention in both research and practice, with manufacturers increasingly adopting digital technologies to improve their supply chain management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Senlin Zhao, Zhuangzhuang You, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: Manufacturers often delegate third parties to collect used products for remanufacturing, and they design nonlinear pricing contracts to stimulate the third parties to select contracts that correspond to their true types. Information asymmetry can result in a decrease in the quantity collected by third parties with low collection efficiency.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Management
Hang Du, Lai Wei, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: Original brand consumables, remanufactured consumables, and compatible consumables are available in the after-sales market. The entry of compatible consumables provides a new option for consumers with cost advantages, but consumer trust discounts differ. Two game models are developed to study the equilibrium market structures for the three types of consumables. Surprisingly, the more ambiguous consumer trust, the more favorable it is for the coexistence of all three products, and proper differentiation between remanufactured and compatible products benefits the remanufacturer. Reduction of the failure rate by the remanufacturer creates free-riding opportunities for compatible products, but the entry of compatible products may not always improve consumer surplus and social welfare. These findings provide management suggestions for manufacturing enterprises and policy implications for the government to promote the remanufacturing industry.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Xun Tong, Kevin Linderman, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This research examines the impact of a firm's environmental project portfolio on its ability to improve environmental outcomes efficiently. The findings suggest that reducing heterogeneity in the types of environmental projects in a firm's portfolio can lead to more efficient environmental improvement. However, introducing diversity in the portfolio without negatively impacting outcomes is also important. The study also highlights the importance of balancing socially oriented projects with technically oriented projects in managing portfolio diversity.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Daniel Faibil, Richard Asante, Martin Agyemang, Michael Addaney, Charles Baah
Summary: The adoption of the extended producers' responsibility (EPR) principle for e-waste management is gaining momentum, but it is still in its early stages in developing economies like Ghana. This study identified and analyzed the factors that promote the adoption of EPR principle by retail electronic firms in Ghana. The analysis revealed that operational factors have a greater influence on the adoption of EPR principle than strategic factors. Additionally, both push and pull measures by supply chain stakeholders enable the important operational factors. The study suggests that an advanced deposit recycling refund scheme and the creation of new market opportunities for e-companies are crucial for the short-term adoption of the EPR principle.
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lei Guo, Haitao Yin, Xuan Zhao, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: The study finds that multi-national corporations (MNCs) face supply chain disruption risks from low-tier suppliers' social and environmental responsibility (SER) violations. To address this risk, MNCs can collaborate with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and donate funds to manage SER risks from their suppliers. The research suggests that MNCs should only donate funds when the probability of a supply chain disruption is higher than a certain threshold. Further analysis reveals that increased pressure from SER-conscious consumers or increased governmental fines for low-tier suppliers may decrease MNCs' donations, potentially increasing the probability of supply chain disruption.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis
Summary: This study applies cumulative capability theory to examine the sequence of green supply chain management practices and provides a framework for businesses. The results suggest that encouraging suppliers to disclose environmental data and respond to inquiries should be the initial step, followed by promoting compliance with regulations and responsible recycling.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiongyong Zhou, Qinghua Zhu, Zhiduan Xu
Summary: Digital traceability is crucial for food producers to ensure food safety. This study found that contractual governance adopted by food producers can promote the success of digital traceability, and the impact of contractual governance is contingent on relational governance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Senlin Zhao, Rongrong Mao
Summary: This paper aims to develop a menu of nonlinear pricing contracts for channel information sharing, in response to the asymmetric cost information between a supplier and a manufacturer regarding the manufacturer's process innovation for remanufacturing (PIR), which may harm the supplier's profit. The supplier, acting as a Stackelberg leader, designs a menu of nonlinear pricing contracts based on principal-agent theory to encourage the manufacturer to disclose its private cost information on PIR. The findings suggest that the proposed contract menu effectively encourages information sharing and that asymmetric PIR information may have different effects on the production policies and profits of the supplier and the manufacturer.
Article
Economics
Kee-hung Lai, Yunting Feng, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study identifies and develops GSCDT practices with support from the literature and case studies of six manufacturers with operational GSCDT in diversified industries to explore the practice adoption enablers of GSCDT and contingency factors for performance improvement through GSCDT for manufacturers. Our research findings contribute to academic knowledge by unraveling critical factors that affect the digital transformation process in GSCM and managerial insights by identifying pathways for the successful adoption of GSCDT practices.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Business
Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis
Summary: This study explores the heterogeneity in green supply chain management (GSCM) practice adoption by considering different firm characteristics using institutional field theory. The results show the existence of four organizational groupings-brown, light brown, light green, and green-firms among 394 firms operating in China. Multinomial logistic regression analysis reveals that larger firms and firms in the electronics industry are more likely to adopt greener practices, indicating the significant role of firm size and industry in discriminating GSCM practice adoption. Interestingly, there are no differences between domestic and foreign-owned firms, suggesting the disappearing gaps in institutional perspectives between Chinese domestic and non-domestic ownership.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Junjun Liu, Yuan Chen, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study aims to develop a comprehensive green supplier governance (GSG) concept and investigate the impact of specific GSG approaches on environmental and economic performance. It also reveals the synergistic effect of these approaches on performance improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Senlin Zhao, Chenhui Ma
Summary: In 2020, China saw an increase in the production and sales of new energy vehicles. To address the issue of used batteries, a power battery echelon use system was proposed. The use of profit transfer contracts and cost-sharing contracts can enhance supply chain coordination.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
