scholarly journals Contingent Factors and Sustainable Performance Measurement (SPM) Practices of Malaysian Electronics and Electrical Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1058
Author(s):  
Tze Ong ◽  
Boon Teh ◽  
Ah Lee
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Electronics And Electrical

In the present world, there is a rapidly growing level of awareness of social and environmental activities. Consequently, a company’s profile is not substantiated purely in relation to financial issues, rather, a need for the inclusion of environmental and social perspectives arises. This is known as sustainable performance. Hence, there is a persistent need for the practice of sustainable performance measurements (SPMs). However, despite the implementation of sustainable performance in developed climes like Europe, the US and the UK, the relevance of sustainable performance is still at a low in developing societies such as Malaysia. The main purpose of this paper is to determine the critical success factors that are attributable to sustainable performance measurement practices for Malaysian electronics and electrical (E and E) companies, as their success is subject to intense scrutiny from their developed competitors, with respect to compliance with social and environmental regulations. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 217 E and E companies. The path analysis and test of the hypotheses were carried out through structural equation modelling. This study has successfully unveiled a comprehensive SPM model with unprecedented scope, stretching from factors to indicators of a SPM model for Malaysian E and E companies. The findings indicate that pressure from stakeholders and globalization are the driving forces for E and E companies to be more proactive in sustainable practices. In this context, stakeholders, especially policy makers, should play the leading political and social roles in encouraging the adoption of SPMs in developing nations. It must be noted that E and E companies are likely to transform their learning culture and technology in terms of working towards sustainable practices once they have realized the financial benefits of adopting SPMs. With these benefits, a compounding effect due to SPMs will be created among E and E companies, where excellent performance can be achieved continuously. A major limitation of this study is the adoption of the contingency theory, which is yet to have a wide application in this area of study. Meanwhile, future research can be longitudinal in nature in addition to focusing on non-profit organizations.

scholarly journals Differences in Teachers’ Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainable Development: The Importance of Teacher Co-Learning

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 767
Author(s):  
Maria Magdalena Isac ◽  
Wanda Sass ◽  
Jelle Boeve-de Pauw ◽  
Sven De Maeyer ◽  
Wouter Schelfhout ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subject Specialization ◽  
Action Competence

This study builds on a research-practitioner partnership embedded within an education for sustainable development (ESD) project and aims to explore the major potential challenges (i.e., disciplinary boundaries set by subject specialization, especially in secondary education) and success factors (i.e., teacher co-learning experiences in ESD) associated with differences in teachers’ professional action competence (PACesd) in a sample of 557 in-service teachers in primary and secondary schools in Flanders, Belgium. The study employed a recently validated PACesd measurement instrument and involved quantitative data analysis in a structural equation modelling framework. The results show that primary education teachers tend to report higher PACesd levels compared to their peers in secondary education. Moreover, regardless of educational level, gender and teaching experience, all teachers participating in a working group or a learning community in ESD are more likely to show higher levels of PACesd. Implications of the findings, limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Outcomes of Sustainable Practices: A Triple Bottom Line Approach to Evaluating Sustainable Performance of Manufacturing Firms in a Developing Nation in South Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sapukotanage ◽  
B.N.F. Warnakulasuriya ◽  
S.T.W.S. Yapa
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Sustainable Performance

Maintaining sustainable operations has become a major responsibility of practitioners. Sustainable practices are executed to ensure sustainable performance. Many studies conducted to examine the outcomes of sustainable practices have focused either on the economic outcomes, social outcomes or environmental outcomes of such operations disregarding the Triple Bottom Line Approach to evaluating sustainable performance. Among them the majority have focused on environmental outcomes. Less focus is placed on developing countries or countries in South Asia. Against this background this paper aims to examine the outcomes of sustainable practices towards sustainable performance of manufacturing firms in a developing nation in South Asia. A study was conducted among 154 apparel manufacturing and exporting firms of Sri Lanka in relation to their sustainable practices and sustainable performance as members of supply chains. The sustainable practices were studied in relation to orientation, collaboration, continuity, risk management and pro-activity while sustainable performance was analyzed along economic performance, social performance and environmental performance of these firms. The findings were analyzed using Variance Based Structural Equation Modelling (Partial Least Squares) and it revealed that sustainable practices lead to sustainable performance even in the context of a developing nation in South Asia, highlighting the importance of the execution of sustainable practices irrespective of the level of development of a nation.

scholarly journals Developing the Concept of Firm Success among Muslim SMEs in Malaysia: a Study of Islamic Religion Practices as Moderator

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Nadratun Nafisah Abdul Wahab ◽  
Shahrina Othman ◽  
Noraini Binti Nasirun @ Hirun ◽  
Abdullah Abdul Ghani ◽  
Mohd Rushdi Idrus
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Firm Success ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper intended to develop the concept of firm success among Muslim SMEs in Malaysia. The researchers used entrepreneurial orientation multidimensional as independent variable (innovative, risk and proactive) to examine the relationship of these dimensions towards the success of Muslim SMEs by using Islamic religion practices as moderator. It is about developing the concept of Islamic success factors, as the failure of Muslim SMEs is alarming and the empirical references to Muslim SMEs success focusing on Islamic religion practices are limited. There were many attempts to connect entrepreneurial orientation to the Resource-Based View theory of firms. Resource-Based View, as underpinning theory, helps to describe the proposed research theoretical framework. Recent studies related to firm success have shown that entrepreneurial orientation is composed of innovation, risk and proactive having significant relationship with the firm success in the develop countries. However in Malaysia, there was only one study has documented the conceptual religiosity that influence relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business success of entrepreneurs among the Malay community. The methodology for this study uses quantitative analysis, specifically, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) in processing the data. The population of the study is 2,286 PUNB (Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad) firms in Malaysia. Finally, this concept finding is able to facilitate future research proposals and to fill the knowledge gap in Resource-Based View concerning the relationship of Resource-Based View towards firm success. This study also contributed to the Resource-Based View literature on the perspective of Islamic religion practices as moderator. 

PMEX — A PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT EVALUATION MATRIX FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE-INTENSIVE PRODUCTS

2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 55-76
Author(s):  
STEFAN CEDERGREN ◽  
CHRISTER NORSTRÖM ◽  
ANDERS WALL
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Measurement Evaluation ◽  
Measured Time ◽  
Industrial Software ◽  
Evaluation Matrix ◽  
Software Intensive

The ability to measure performance is both fundamental to and critical in successful product development. Previous research has focused on adding new measurements, not on evaluating those currently used. The performance measurement evaluation matrix (PMEX) is a tool to evaluate the performance-measurement system based on success factors in the development of software-intensive products. Three case studies have been conducted to test the PMEX and the results indicate that the PMEX enables managers to determine explicitly what is and what is not measured. Time, cost, and quality seem to be the focus of the performance measurements while technology and planning activities are absent.

A Comprehensive Study to Evaluate the Critical Success Factors Affecting Lean Concept in Indian Manufacturing Industries

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 2569-2576 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gunasekharan ◽  
D. Elangovan ◽  
P. Parthiban
Keyword(s):  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Modern Business

Change is the word that best characterizes the nature of modern Business scenario and determines the challenges that manager’s face.Staying competitive requires looking for new ways of reducing costs and increase the quality of the company’s products. Lean thinking is considered to be one potential approach for improving organizational performance.When the flexibility seems to be an important issue in today’s highly competitive environment Lean integrated as a complete system in the organization can ensure company’s adaptation. Developed as a production system eliminating wastes in the Toyota’s plants in the 1960’s, Lean is evolving into a management approach that improves all the processes at each level of an organization. This study aims to develop a comprehensive theoretical framework that suggest a detailed perspective of the Lean manufacturing to the managers whoconsider implementing it as a possible direction towards achieving sustainable performance for their organizations. The factors which affect the implementation of lean in manufacturing sector are identified by undertaking extensive literature review and consulting the experts from academia and industry. The factors identified are modeled to find the respective loading on Lean variable using Structural Equation Modeling.

scholarly journals Does the Past Affect the Future? An Analysis of Consumers’ Dining Intentions towards Green Restaurants in the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Farah Shishan ◽  
Ricardo Mahshi ◽  
Brween Al Kurdi ◽  
Firas Jamil Alotoum ◽  
Muhammad Turki Alshurideh
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Past Behavior ◽  
Operational Practices ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Due to the growing notion of environmental protection, many restaurants have started to apply operational practices to diminish their carbon footprint, leading to the emergence of “green” restaurants. Green restaurants are establishments committed to minimizing adverse environmental consequences throughout their operations. Nevertheless, further research is warranted to examine consumer behavior in this field. Taking the consumers’ perspective, this study uses an augmented theory of planned behavior (TPB) and a cross-section of 896 British diners to explain their dining intentions towards green restaurants. The extended model of the TPB was tested to justify the addition of past behavior and the impact of sociodemographic characteristics. Using structural equation analysis, the results identified past behavior, perceived behavioral control, subjective descriptive norms, and attitude as critical factors influencing behavioral intention. Furthermore, apart from gender, the relationships between sociodemographics and intentions to dine at green restaurants were insignificant. This research provides insightful implications in the green restaurant domain and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Measuring the Performance of Jordanian Islamic Banks

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazan Radwan Qasim ◽  
Yazis Mohamad ◽  
Norhazlina Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Performance Measurements

The banking sector is believed to be one of the driving forces of economic growth of many countries. Muslim jurists have realized the need to get the benefit of banking activities that adopts a lawful way with Islamic rule. Jordanian Islamic banks suffer from measure the financial performance using effective measurement tool based on various indicators. The main aim of this research is to analysis and ranks the performance levels of the Jordanian Islamic banks using suitable measurement methods. This study utilizes secondary data to measures the performance of three Jordanian Islamic banks (JIBFI, IIAB, and JDIB) over the period 2010-2013 by integrated tools; FRA, DEA, and MI. The significant results indicate that JDIB recorded the best performance rank based the three measurements tools, followed IIAB, and lowest rank is JIBFI. The contribution of this study is performance measurements of Jordanian Islamic banks based on the combination of FRA, DEA, and MI rather than utilize one measurement tool.Keywords: Jordanian Islamic banks, performance measurement, FRA, DEA, MI.

scholarly journals Critical success factors for improving learning management systems diffusion in KSA HEIs: An ISM approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Alduraywish ◽  
John Patsavellas ◽  
Konstantinos Salonitis
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Significant Factors

AbstractHigher educational institutes (HEIs) are managing their resources by using learning management systems (LMS) which facilitate the learning processes. This paper aims to develop the relationships among success factors typically found in the technology, as well as the human and organisational aspects using an interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach for LMS diffusion in HEIs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The success factors possessing a higher driving power in the ISM approach need to be prioritised as many other dependent variables are affected by them. Success factors emerging with high dependence contribute to facilitating the implementation of LMS. A key finding of the modelling is that clearly defined information technology (IT) policies along with appropriate technology infrastructure are significant factors for facilitating the technology aspect of LMS implementation. Additionally, the strengthening and standardisation of IT education resources, level of computer skills, proper training programmes for staff to deliver knowledge to users as well as a high level of human competencies are significant factors for facilitating the human aspect of LMS implementation. Moreover, the support of top management is a very significant factor for improving the organisational aspect of LMS. To ensure successful LMS implementation, KSA HEIs should focus on effective learning environments, facilitate education activities, top management involvement and increased interaction between pedagogy and technology. Understanding user characteristics and online needs is essential to ensure that barriers are overcome, ensuring successful and continued LMS implementation. Further, in this research, the relationship models among the identified success factors in terms of technology, human and organisational have not been statistically validated. However, it has been suggested that future research may be targeted to develop the initial model through ISM for success factors for improving LMS implementation and then testing it using Structural equation modeling (SEM).

Impact of sustainable practices on sustainable performance: the moderating role of supply chain visibility

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulkaif Ahmed Saqib ◽  
Qingyu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
To Come ◽  
Medium Enterprises

PurposeSustainability failures have increased the pressure for manufacturing firms to come up with innovative solutions to resolve the sustainable matters. Drawing on the resource-based theory, the purpose of this study is to examine how supply chain visibility moderates the effects of sustainable practices on sustainable performance.Design/methodology/approachThe data employed in the current work were collected from 355 small and medium manufacturing firms in Pakistan using a structured questionnaire. The structural equation modelling was applied to the collected data with AMOSS-23 and SPSS-25 packageFindingsThe results show that sustainable practices (for manufacturing, procurement and distribution) significantly influence the firm's sustainability performance, and this relationship is moderated by supply chain visibility.Originality/valueSustainable practices are necessary for small and medium enterprises to achieve sustainable performance, but the previously under-explored moderating effect of supply chain visibility generally indicates that sharing information for learning, sensing and co-ordinating activities plays an intensifying effect.

A Modified Approach For Information Systems Success In The Context Of Internet Banking Using Structural Equation Modelling with R

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veeraraghavan Jagannathan ◽  
Senthilarasu Balasubramanian ◽  
Thamaraiselvan Natarajan
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
Quality Dimensions

Modern day bankers are in immense pressure to stay in the ever-changing online business. So as to stay in the competition, they have to enhance and foresee what their client needs. There is a dearth of studies in a developing country like India, for finding the success factors of Internet Banking (IB) from the perspective of the expectations of the IB customer. This study intends to fill that void with the proposed framework by modelling user expectations in terms of the quality dimensions of the Information Systems (IS) Success model, along with security dimension. Data collected from 312 IB experienced students of a premier educational Institution in India. Structural Equation Modeling has been employed to test the hypotheses of the proposed framework. The results showed that the quality dimensions alongside security, strongly influences the confirmation of user expectations from using the IB website. The study provided a starting point to model IB user expectations. Some managerial implications and future research directions are proposed, based on the results of the study.

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