...., 2014). Another environmental condition is competition, which has been seen as a key driver of innovation (Majumdar and Venkataraman, 1993). In a highly competitive environment, the market is fragmented and the profit from a new product will shrink. In such an adverse environment, businesses need...

... 08 02 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Sustainable production Environmental sustainability Environment Closed loop supply chains Green operations Buyer-supplier relationships Natural resource-based view of the firm...

... Manufacturing environment is characterized generally by four dimensions of business cost, labor availability, competitive hostility and environmental dynamism (Ward et al., 1995). In addition to these four dimensions, government laws and political concerns were added to characterize the environmental...

... process. The emergence of international standards for environmental management, such as the ISO 14000 series, has also created a strong incentive for manufacturers to promote environmentally conscious products and processes. Considerable progress has been made in design for the environment (DFE). However...

...Ke‐Zhang Chen The extremely high and ever‐increasing annual disposal rates of solid waste have caused a big problem for environmental protection in the world. Unlike the first environmental revolution in the 1970s, which was aimed at cleaning up hazardous waste from contaminated sites and natural...

... other companies. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Benchmarking Developing countries Environment Textile industry In the last decade, industry as a whole has been under increasing pressure to meet stringent social and environmental norms in the international market. Rising awareness...

... to specific costs like taxes, tariffs, and levies. Physical flows entering and leaving a plant usually do not stem from, or end up in, the environment but rather consist of semi‐finished products. Consequently, a complete chain must be studied to assess the environmental impact of a definite class...