Retraction notice: Linking manufacturing firms with environment: role of green manufacturing and environmental management on firm's environmental performance with moderating effect of external environmental regulations

The publisher of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management wishes to retract the article by Samera Nazir, Saqib Mehmood, Zarish Nazir and Li Zhaolei, Linking manufacturing firms with environment: role of green manufacturing and environmental management on firm's environmental performance with moderating effect of external environmental regulations, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 13 November, 2024; 35 (6): 1264-1291. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-10-2023-0442. It has come to our attention that there are significant concerns regarding the authorship and the source of this article. The authors failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these concerns. As part of the investigation, the authors were also requested to provide a copy of the dataset so that the editorial team could verify the findings. The authors failed to respond to this request with the full dataset. As a result, the findings of the article cannot be relied upon. The decision to retract has been informed by COPE's guidelines on retractions and Emerald's publishing ethics. The authors would like to note that they disagree with the content of this notice. Emerald's authorship policy guidelines make it clear that authorship is a fundamental aspect of transparency in the publication process and ensures accountability and responsibility for reported research. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.