...Mahdi Zarepour; Niloufar Hojat Shemami; Soroush Avakh Darestani Purpose In today’s world, one of the most important factors of the country’s economic development is improving the productivity of manufacturing industries. Identifying factors affecting the productivity of manufacturing industries...

...Kai Rüdele; Matthias Wolf; Christian Ramsauer Purpose Improving productivity and efficiency has always been crucial for industrial companies to remain competitive. In recent years, the topic of environmental impact has become increasingly important. Published research indicates that environmental...

... on productivity and size, a quantile regression (QR) was employed to analyse the impact of LWMPs on firm productivity. Additionally, the propensity score matching technique was used to address endogeneity concerns. Findings The authors find that bigger, urban-located and female-owned firms adopt cleaner LWMPs...

... of SSCM practices drive competitive advantage (CA) among fashion-apparel manufacturing organizations in an emerging economy. Furthermore, the study investigates whether the above relationships are mediated by productivity. Design/methodology/approach Based on a theoretically supported conceptual...