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Less than 65% of wastepaper can be recycled, and the remaining wastepaper may end up polluting groundwater and generating greenhouse gas emissions if disposed improperly by using traditional approaches. The concept of circular supply chain practices, which integrates circular thinking into supply chain practices that aim to reach zero waste by exploring novel business models and supply chain functions, has been proposed to address this issue. However, previous studies implementing this concept lacked appropriate methods for structuring an influential model to guide resource allocation, which caused difficulty in developing circular supply chain practices. Thus, a hybrid method is proposed to integrate factor analysis with fuzzy synthetic and decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory methods to enable visual analysis and boost understanding. The results reveal that awareness and engagement are the most influential factors in attempts to achieve zero waste, rather than the recycling, reuse and reduction practices emphasised by previous studies.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Harvin Theja; Ignatius Vincent; Cheryl Poerwanto; Earvin Rosario; Roberto Daniel Ferreira; Supitchar Tatiyathavornkul. Structuring an influential model for Indonesian pulp and paper circular supply chain practices. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications 2021, 1 -24.
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Harvin Theja, Ignatius Vincent, Cheryl Poerwanto, Earvin Rosario, Roberto Daniel Ferreira, Supitchar Tatiyathavornkul. Structuring an influential model for Indonesian pulp and paper circular supply chain practices. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 2021; ():1-24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Harvin Theja; Ignatius Vincent; Cheryl Poerwanto; Earvin Rosario; Roberto Daniel Ferreira; Supitchar Tatiyathavornkul. 2021. "Structuring an influential model for Indonesian pulp and paper circular supply chain practices." International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications , no. : 1-24.
This study aims to classify a set of circular supply chain collaboration attributes and propose a cause-and-effect framework in the Vietnamese healthcare industry. A circular supply chain is argued to better retrieve value from end of life products to create zero waste, the collaboration within the value chain is seen as a critical facilitator for the transition process and the attributes for bringing this collaboration into practice still need to be discovered. The five aspects suggest as vision and learning in circularity, connection in a circular supply chain, circularity in business model, reverse logistics policies and enabling collaboration by information technology. Fuzzy Delphi method is applied to eliminate unnecessary criteria; decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory and analytical network process are employed to prioritize attributes and identify the interrelationships. Results illustrate that vision and learning in circularity, reverse logistics policies and enabling collaboration by information technology belong to causal group, whereas connection in a circular supply chain and circularity in business model are members of effect group. The top criteria are shared vision guidance on collaboration, a shift in problems framing in supply chain, a shift in problems solving in supply chain collaboration and information technology competency in circular supply chain.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Hien Minh Ha; Kuo-Jui Wu; Bing Xue. Healthcare industry circular supply chain collaboration in Vietnam: vision and learning influences on connection in a circular supply chain and circularity business model. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications 2021, 1 -26.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Hien Minh Ha, Kuo-Jui Wu, Bing Xue. Healthcare industry circular supply chain collaboration in Vietnam: vision and learning influences on connection in a circular supply chain and circularity business model. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 2021; ():1-26.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Hien Minh Ha; Kuo-Jui Wu; Bing Xue. 2021. "Healthcare industry circular supply chain collaboration in Vietnam: vision and learning influences on connection in a circular supply chain and circularity business model." International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications , no. : 1-26.
The large amount of construction and demolition waste (CDW), coupled with poor management create burdens for the environment, society and economy. Barriers hinder sustainable CDW management. Understanding the barriers can promote the development of eco-friendly, socially harmless, and economically viable strategies. This study aims to integrate sustainable waste management in construction (SWM) and demolition practices. This study develops a valid set of attributes to justify the interrelationships among the barriers. The attributes of sustainable waste management are qualitative by nature, and uncertainties exist because of linguistic preferences regarding the attributes. This study applies the fuzzy Delphi method to validate five barriers and 14 criteria under uncertainties. Fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) with qualitative information is used to determine the interrelationships among the barriers. The results indicate that regulatory barriers are the primary cause of technical and environmental barriers. In Somaliland, the criteria hindering sustainable CDW management practices are the lack of awareness, the lack of commitment, ineffective management, the lack of collaboration, the lack of national vision, inadequate funding, limited infrastructure, the lack of supervision, and the lack of legal enforcement. The theoretical and managerial implications of this study are discussed.
Yeneneh Tamirat Negash; Abdiqani Muse Hassan; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Mohd Helmi Ali. Sustainable construction and demolition waste management in Somaliland: Regulatory barriers lead to technical and environmental barriers. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 297, 126717 .
AMA StyleYeneneh Tamirat Negash, Abdiqani Muse Hassan, Ming-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu, Mohd Helmi Ali. Sustainable construction and demolition waste management in Somaliland: Regulatory barriers lead to technical and environmental barriers. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 297 ():126717.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYeneneh Tamirat Negash; Abdiqani Muse Hassan; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Mohd Helmi Ali. 2021. "Sustainable construction and demolition waste management in Somaliland: Regulatory barriers lead to technical and environmental barriers." Journal of Cleaner Production 297, no. : 126717.
The potential of the Polar Silk Road (PSR) to accelerate the shipping trade is gaining importance because sea ice is currently melting in the Arctic region. Economic growth generates negative environmental and social impacts (TBL aspects); however, only a few studies have discussed the opportunities and threats in balancing TBL aspects. To fill this knowledge gap, this study addresses the opportunities and threats presented by the PSR. Nevertheless, information on the PSR is spread across diverse databases and is incomplete. This study utilizes a data-driven approach to handle these diverse databases and incomplete information and thereby to provide visual two- and three-dimensional impact analyses of opportunities and threats. This study contributes to the literature by (1) bridging TBL aspects of the PSR, (2) using a proposed hybrid method to address the aspect-balancing problem, and (3) providing insights on the opportunities and threats of the PSR. The results reveal negative effects of the PSR in terms of the balance between the economic and environmental aspects and that between the economic and social aspects. This study confirms that the scale and speed of development of the PSR pose a challenge to the environmental and social standards upheld by the surrounding countries and regions. Russia and the United Kingdom are ranked first and second in upholding these standards, while Germany, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands and Norway strive to achieve a balance between the economic, social and environmental aspects.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming-Lang Tseng; Mohd Helmi Ali; Bing Xue; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Minoru Fujii; Ming Xu; Shulin Lan; Maomao Ren; Yan Bin. Opportunity or threat in balancing social, economic and environmental impacts: The appearance of the Polar Silk Road. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2021, 88, 106570 .
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Ming-Lang Tseng, Mohd Helmi Ali, Bing Xue, Anthony S.F. Chiu, Minoru Fujii, Ming Xu, Shulin Lan, Maomao Ren, Yan Bin. Opportunity or threat in balancing social, economic and environmental impacts: The appearance of the Polar Silk Road. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2021; 88 ():106570.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Ming-Lang Tseng; Mohd Helmi Ali; Bing Xue; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Minoru Fujii; Ming Xu; Shulin Lan; Maomao Ren; Yan Bin. 2021. "Opportunity or threat in balancing social, economic and environmental impacts: The appearance of the Polar Silk Road." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 88, no. : 106570.
This study aims to validate the sustainable total resource management measures and provide a hierarchical structure to manage the medical resources for the healthcare industry in Thailand. Prior studies have failed to deal with the valid attributes and to present a theoretical hierarchical structure. The Thailand healthcare industry faces medical resource depletion in the current pandemic outbreak. To address these gaps, this study proposes a fuzzy Delphi method to screen out the less important attributes in order to enhance the validity of measures. Fuzzy interpretive structural modelling transfers the complex interrelationships into a hierarchical structure and provides the direction for practical improvement. The result shows that green human resources practices, collaboration in supply chain networks, analysis and knowledge management, and technology innovation are all important aspects of the hierarchical structure for practical improvement. The linkage criteria are (1) green ability, (2) green motivation, (3) operational efficiency, (4) environmental regulation, and (5) energy conservation. The theoretical and managerial implications are subsequently discussed.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Phan Tan; Kuo-Jui Wu; Remen Lin; Nitcha Todumrongkul; Patrapapar Juladacha; Gabriella Christianti. Sustainable Total Resource Management in Thailand Healthcare Industry under Uncertain Situations. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9611 .
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Phan Tan, Kuo-Jui Wu, Remen Lin, Nitcha Todumrongkul, Patrapapar Juladacha, Gabriella Christianti. Sustainable Total Resource Management in Thailand Healthcare Industry under Uncertain Situations. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9611.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Phan Tan; Kuo-Jui Wu; Remen Lin; Nitcha Todumrongkul; Patrapapar Juladacha; Gabriella Christianti. 2020. "Sustainable Total Resource Management in Thailand Healthcare Industry under Uncertain Situations." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9611.
This study conducts a comprehensive literature review of articles on the triple bottom line (TBL) published from January 1997 to September 2018 to provide significant insights and support to guide further discussion. There were three booms in TBL publications, occurring in 2003, 2011, and 2015, and many articles attempt to address the issue of sustainability by employing the TBL. This literature analysis includes 720, 132, and 58 articles from the Web of Science (WOS), Inspec, and Scopus databases, respectively, and reveals the gaps in existing research. To discover the barriers and points of overlap, these articles are categorized into six aspects of the TBL: economic, environmental, social, operations, technology, and engineering. Examining the top 3 journals in terms of published articles on each aspect reveals the research trends and gaps. The findings provide solid evidence confirming the argument that the TBL as currently defined is insufficient to cover the entire concept of sustainability. The social and engineering aspects still require more discussion to support the linkage of the TBL and to reinforce its theoretical basis. Additionally, to discover the gaps in the data sources, theories applied, methods adopted, and types of contributions, this article summarizes 82 highly cited articles covering each aspect. This article offers theoretical insights by identifying the top contributing countries, institutions, authors, keyword networks, and authorship networks to encourage scholars to push the current discussion further forward, and it provides practical insights to bridge the gap between theory and practice for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of improvements.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Chia-Hao Chang; Chun-Wei Remen Lin; Kuo-Jui Wu; Qing Chen; Li Xia; Bing Xue. Future trends and guidance for the triple bottom line and sustainability: a data driven bibliometric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 33543 -33567.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Chia-Hao Chang, Chun-Wei Remen Lin, Kuo-Jui Wu, Qing Chen, Li Xia, Bing Xue. Future trends and guidance for the triple bottom line and sustainability: a data driven bibliometric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (27):33543-33567.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Chia-Hao Chang; Chun-Wei Remen Lin; Kuo-Jui Wu; Qing Chen; Li Xia; Bing Xue. 2020. "Future trends and guidance for the triple bottom line and sustainability: a data driven bibliometric analysis." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 27: 33543-33567.
Resources and expertise for controlling processes are inadequate due to municipal solid waste management (MSWM) capability limitations in Vietnam. The resource-based view (RBV) needs to be considered in the assessment of municipal solid waste management. Nevertheless, in practice, various attributes of municipal solid waste management are not considered in the sustainable performance of cities. Hence, this study applied exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to confirm the validity and reliability of these attributes and construct a hierarchical structure. Fuzzy set theory was used to convert the linguistic preferences into crisp values and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method was used to assess the causal interrelationships among the attributes. The analytic network process (ANP) was adopted to construct the hierarchical framework, and fuzzy importance - performance analysis (IPA) was used to enhance our understanding of the gap between importance and performance. The results show that the efficiency and effectiveness of cities’ waste management systems depend on the capability based on utilizing economic efficiency and technology advantages to foster social mobilization and environmental integrity. Practitioners should consider new data acquisition and communication technologies, the circular economy, technical capabilities, and organizational/leadership capabilities in their decision making to promote sustainable performance. To develop sustainable MSWM, suitable strategic solutions based on the resources and strengths of each city should be developed that consider formal, informal and small-scale sectors.
Tat-Dat Bui; Feng Ming Tsai; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Anthony Sf. Chiu. Effective municipal solid waste management capability under uncertainty in Vietnam: Utilizing economic efficiency and technology to foster social mobilization and environmental integrity. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 259, 120981 .
AMA StyleTat-Dat Bui, Feng Ming Tsai, Ming-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu, Anthony Sf. Chiu. Effective municipal solid waste management capability under uncertainty in Vietnam: Utilizing economic efficiency and technology to foster social mobilization and environmental integrity. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 259 ():120981.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTat-Dat Bui; Feng Ming Tsai; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Anthony Sf. Chiu. 2020. "Effective municipal solid waste management capability under uncertainty in Vietnam: Utilizing economic efficiency and technology to foster social mobilization and environmental integrity." Journal of Cleaner Production 259, no. : 120981.
This study aims to explore integrated solid waste management hierarchical interrelationships using a sustainable balance scorecard approach. The proposed analysis using the fuzzy Delphi method to exclude invalid attributes, interpretive structural modeling to arrange attributes into an extensive hierarchical model, and using a fuzzy decision-making trial-and-evaluation laboratory to examine the causal interrelationships among attributes. The solid waste management systems in Vietnam are generally inefficient due to a lack of proper administrative oversight, infrastructure, and adequate resource utilization. Integrated solid waste management is an important provision in public service systems. There is a need to propose and evaluate better management approaches to enhance waste process activities and increase sustainable performance. Collected qualitative information is converted into a crisp value for the evaluation process, and the qualitative data stem from the operations. This study measures 6 aspects and 24 criteria. The results showed that financial investment, stakeholder involvement, and innovation capacity are decisive causal aspects in which stakeholder involvement and innovation capacity are interrelated. The cost efficiency, stakeholder collaboration, flexibility/adaptability to environmental changes, availability of local technical skills, and knowledge acquisition and communication technologies are identified as the linkage criteria that present the highest driving and dependence powers to help decision makers achieve better operational performance.
Feng Ming Tsai; Tat-Dat Bui; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Anthony Sf. Chiu. A performance assessment approach for integrated solid waste management using a sustainable balanced scorecard approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 251, 119740 .
AMA StyleFeng Ming Tsai, Tat-Dat Bui, Ming-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu, Anthony Sf. Chiu. A performance assessment approach for integrated solid waste management using a sustainable balanced scorecard approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 251 ():119740.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng Ming Tsai; Tat-Dat Bui; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Anthony Sf. Chiu. 2019. "A performance assessment approach for integrated solid waste management using a sustainable balanced scorecard approach." Journal of Cleaner Production 251, no. : 119740.
There are existing inadequate and ineffective practices that are not only common in Vietnam but also explicit in each municipal area. This study compares the municipal solid waste management attributes of cities in Vietnam under uncertainty. The uncertainties include the interrelationships among the attributes, linguistic preferences and qualitative information on the attributes. This study applies exploratory factor analysis to test the validity and reliability of the proposed attributes. Fuzzy set theory is used to translate the linguistic references into the qualitative attributes of municipal solid waste management. The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory is used to address the interrelationships among the attributes. This study identifies the causal interrelationships among attributes using qualitative information, and a set of 14 attributes is defined and found to be valid and reliable for measurement. The results show that technical integration and social acceptability are the aspects that drive municipal solid waste management. Treatment innovations, safety and health, economic benefits, and technology functionality and appropriateness are determined to be the linkage criteria. The distinctions between cities are identified, Hanoi focuses on the institutional and organizational administration framework, whereas resource efficiency is an aspect of specific concern in Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City prioritized financial and operational requirements and facilities and infrastructure requirements. The implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Feng Ming Tsai; Tat-Dat Bui; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu. A causal municipal solid waste management model for sustainable cities in Vietnam under uncertainty: A comparison. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 154, 104599 .
AMA StyleFeng Ming Tsai, Tat-Dat Bui, Ming-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu. A causal municipal solid waste management model for sustainable cities in Vietnam under uncertainty: A comparison. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 154 ():104599.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng Ming Tsai; Tat-Dat Bui; Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu. 2019. "A causal municipal solid waste management model for sustainable cities in Vietnam under uncertainty: A comparison." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 154, no. : 104599.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are forced to adhere to sustainable development (SD) regulations and standards. However, SMEs encounter difficulty in assessing their performance due to the lack of an efficient and effective approach to deal with the uncertainties in hierarchical relationships and interrelationships. Moreover, interrelations exist among the proposed attributes that increase the difficulty of the assessment. To overcome these issues, exploratory factor analysis is used to screen out the less important attributes and build a hierarchal structure. The fuzzy synthetic method addresses the hierarchical structure and decision-making, and a trial evaluation laboratory assesses the interrelationships among the attributes by providing a visual interrelationship map. The results indicate that strategic and financial management are the major problems for SMEs. SD relies on enhancing sustainable supply chain performance, sustainable human resources and environmental management. This study contributes by not only filling the information gap for SD for SMEs but also providing a guideline for improvement. The theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Qing Chen; Yun Qi; Xiaoyue Jiang; Shuo Gao; Ming-Lang Tseng. Sustainable Development Performance for Small and Medium Enterprises Using a Fuzzy Synthetic Method-DEMATEL. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4119 .
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Qing Chen, Yun Qi, Xiaoyue Jiang, Shuo Gao, Ming-Lang Tseng. Sustainable Development Performance for Small and Medium Enterprises Using a Fuzzy Synthetic Method-DEMATEL. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4119.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Qing Chen; Yun Qi; Xiaoyue Jiang; Shuo Gao; Ming-Lang Tseng. 2019. "Sustainable Development Performance for Small and Medium Enterprises Using a Fuzzy Synthetic Method-DEMATEL." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4119.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Li Ma; Tsai Chi Kuo; Fuyume Sai. A hierarchical framework for assessing corporate sustainability performance using a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method-DEMATEL. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2019, 144, 524 -533.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu, Li Ma, Tsai Chi Kuo, Fuyume Sai. A hierarchical framework for assessing corporate sustainability performance using a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method-DEMATEL. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2019; 144 ():524-533.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Li Ma; Tsai Chi Kuo; Fuyume Sai. 2019. "A hierarchical framework for assessing corporate sustainability performance using a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method-DEMATEL." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 144, no. : 524-533.
Prior studies in sustainable development have been conducted since its introduction, however, there is evidence in the literature that sustainable supply chain finance is still lacking, in particular, in relation to developing measurements to analyze the benefit and cost attributes. Furthermore, these studies did not also identify an ideal hierarchical structure, which is key for accuracy of decisions making. Hence, this paper contributes to the literature by constructing a set of measurements and analyzing the benefits and costs in the textile industry. In this paper, a fuzzy interpretive structural model was developed to build a hierarchical model, and a fuzzy TODIM was applied to determine the linguistic preferences and identify the benefits and costs. The results obtained show that sustainable supply chain finance improves firms' competitive advantages through multiple attributes, which imply that collaboration value innovation, strategic competitive advantage and financial attributes are the most important aspects for improving firm's performance. The results also indicate that to build a successful sustainable supply chain finance, firms should upgrade the synchronization of financial-related decisions, obtain price and cost information, focus on product and service quality, and ensure the dispersion of dependent and interdepartmental interactions.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Kuo-Jui Wu. Improving the benefits and costs on sustainable supply chain finance under uncertainty. International Journal of Production Economics 2019, 218, 308 -321.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Ming K. Lim, Kuo-Jui Wu. Improving the benefits and costs on sustainable supply chain finance under uncertainty. International Journal of Production Economics. 2019; 218 ():308-321.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Kuo-Jui Wu. 2019. "Improving the benefits and costs on sustainable supply chain finance under uncertainty." International Journal of Production Economics 218, no. : 308-321.
This paper constructs a heterogeneous agent model for the foreign exchange market that is based on the law of supply and demand and includes carry trade, central bank intervention, and macroeconomic fundamentals. With the artificial intelligence method of the unscented Kalman filter, this paper investigates carry traders’ expectation formation and risk aversion and the impact of their activities on the movement of the Chinese yuan exchange rate and on the efficiency of central bank intervention. The findings demonstrate that carry traders’ activities are partially responsible for fluctuations in the Chinese yuan exchange rate; carry traders behave with obvious risk aversion; their activities tend to weaken the ability of the central bank to intervene in China’s foreign exchange market; and the volatility of the Chinese yuan exchange rate and the weight of carry traders are negatively related. Based on these empirical results, specific suggestions for exploring sustainable financial resources are provided.
Qian Zhang; Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming-Lang Tseng. Exploring Carry Trade and Exchange Rate toward Sustainable Financial Resources: An application of the Artificial Intelligence UKF Method. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3240 .
AMA StyleQian Zhang, Kuo-Jui Wu, Ming-Lang Tseng. Exploring Carry Trade and Exchange Rate toward Sustainable Financial Resources: An application of the Artificial Intelligence UKF Method. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3240.
Chicago/Turabian StyleQian Zhang; Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming-Lang Tseng. 2019. "Exploring Carry Trade and Exchange Rate toward Sustainable Financial Resources: An application of the Artificial Intelligence UKF Method." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3240.
Ecotourism is defined as environmentally responsible travel to natural places and thus has become a tool for environmental conservation. Ecotourism potential must be assessed before ecotourism development to understand the local people and resources. However, this assessment is always based on qualitative information, although ecotourism development has interrelated attributes. Fuzzy set theory addresses linguistic preferences, and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method addresses the interrelationships among attributes. Hence, this study proposes using fuzzy set theory and DEMATEL together to identify ecotourism potential. First, a set of ecotourism attributes must be proposed, and this study proposes five: the value of the attraction, facility management, environmental concerns, ecotourism activities, and community participation. Then, 21 criteria are used to measure ecotourism development in practice. The results indicate that community participation is the causal attribute influencing ecotourism potential and local community support for conservation activities. Cleanliness management; facility management with conservation and the protection of the environment; ecosystem activities based on the natural resources of attraction areas; and collaboration among stakeholders, the government, and local communities to manage ecotourism development influences in ecotourism practices. In addition, the study provides theoretical and managerial implications to guide ecotourism potential.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Chunyi Lin; Chun-Wei Remen Lin; Kuo-Jui Wu; Thitima Sriphon. Ecotourism development in Thailand: Community participation leads to the value of attractions using linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 231, 1319 -1329.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Chunyi Lin, Chun-Wei Remen Lin, Kuo-Jui Wu, Thitima Sriphon. Ecotourism development in Thailand: Community participation leads to the value of attractions using linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 231 ():1319-1329.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Chunyi Lin; Chun-Wei Remen Lin; Kuo-Jui Wu; Thitima Sriphon. 2019. "Ecotourism development in Thailand: Community participation leads to the value of attractions using linguistic preferences." Journal of Cleaner Production 231, no. : 1319-1329.
Issues associated with resource exhaustion and climate change continue to worsen, and sustainable resource management is considered a method of resolving these problems. However, academia and industry have primarily focused on managing sustainable production and consumption and neglected resource management model. In addition, an appropriate tool must be developed for evaluating sustainable resource management model that considers the interrelationships and provides a guideline for performance improvement. This study proposes the application of an exploratory factor analysis to filter potential measures and the generation of a hybrid fuzzy synthetic method and decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory to assess the performance via a visual attribute map. The results demonstrate that social resources must prioritize and interact with environmental resources and indicate that economic resources are interrelated with social and environmental resources. Hence, this study enhances the understanding of causal sustainable resource management model by proposing a hybrid method for assessing performance via a hierarchical structure and offering a guideline to assist in performance improvements.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Anthony Sf. Chiu. Causal sustainable resource management model using a hierarchical structure and linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 229, 640 -651.
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Ming Lang Tseng, Ming K. Lim, Anthony Sf. Chiu. Causal sustainable resource management model using a hierarchical structure and linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 229 ():640-651.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Ming Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Anthony Sf. Chiu. 2019. "Causal sustainable resource management model using a hierarchical structure and linguistic preferences." Journal of Cleaner Production 229, no. : 640-651.
With the United Nations’ announcement of the 2030 sustainable development goals agenda, the electronic industry is striving to improve corporate sustainability performance. Studies have attempted to consider knowledge management to promote corporate sustainability performance. However, the possible linkages and potential benefits for bridging knowledge management and corporate sustainability performance are still lacking in previous discussions. To address this gap, this study proposes a hybrid method that integrates a fuzzy synthetic method with an analytical network process to develop an inter-dependent hierarchical framework. The results indicate that the relation, operation and economy aspects must align with the priority goal of achieving better corporate sustainability performance. Improvements of these aspects rely on the knowledge management of developing rigid external collaboration, adopting information technology-supported processes and expanding capital for developing knowledge management. This study contributes to (1) bridging knowledge management and corporate sustainability performance; (2) providing a hybrid method to develop a hierarchical framework; and (3) giving specific directions for guiding improvements. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Shuo Gao; Li Xia; Ming-Lang Tseng; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Zhigang Zhang. Enhancing corporate knowledge management and sustainable development: An inter-dependent hierarchical structure under linguistic preferences. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 146, 560 -579.
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Shuo Gao, Li Xia, Ming-Lang Tseng, Anthony S.F. Chiu, Zhigang Zhang. Enhancing corporate knowledge management and sustainable development: An inter-dependent hierarchical structure under linguistic preferences. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 146 ():560-579.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Shuo Gao; Li Xia; Ming-Lang Tseng; Anthony S.F. Chiu; Zhigang Zhang. 2019. "Enhancing corporate knowledge management and sustainable development: An inter-dependent hierarchical structure under linguistic preferences." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 146, no. : 560-579.
This study contributes to the literature by assessing data-driven sustainable supply chain management performance in a hierarchical structure under uncertainties. Sustainable supply chain management has played a significant role in the general discussion of business management. While many attributes have been addressed in prior studies, there remains no convincing evidence that big data analytics improve the decision-making process regarding sustainable supply chain management performance. This study proposes applying exploratory factor analysis to scrutinize the validity and reliability of the proposed measures and uses qualitative information, quantitative data and social media applied fuzzy synthetic method-decision making trial and evaluation laboratory methods to identify the driving and dependence factors of data-driven sustainable supply chain management performance. The results show that social development has the most significant effect. The results also indicate that long-term relationships, a lack of sustainable knowledge or technology, reverse logistic, product recovery techniques, logistical integration, and joint development are the most effective criteria for enhancing sustainable supply chain management performance. The theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming K. Lim; Wai-Peng Wong. Data-driven sustainable supply chain management performance: A hierarchical structure assessment under uncertainties. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 227, 760 -771.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu, Ming K. Lim, Wai-Peng Wong. Data-driven sustainable supply chain management performance: A hierarchical structure assessment under uncertainties. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 227 ():760-771.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Kuo-Jui Wu; Ming K. Lim; Wai-Peng Wong. 2019. "Data-driven sustainable supply chain management performance: A hierarchical structure assessment under uncertainties." Journal of Cleaner Production 227, no. : 760-771.
This study contributes to the construction of sustainable supply chain capabilities in the textile industry. Previous studies are lacking with regard to sustainable supply chain capabilities; specifically, there are hierarchical structures and measures in qualitative information and quantitative data in nature. In addition, previous studies do not integrate social media with qualitative information and quantitative data, even though social media is an important reference for decision-making. Hence, this study applied the fuzzy synthetic evaluation and decision-making trial evaluation laboratory to address linguistic preferences and provide a strategic approach for the proposed attributes. The results present the integration of qualitative information and quantitative data for building a hierarchical structure with sustainable supply chain capabilities and indicate that social, dynamic and information capabilities are simultaneously strongly affected. The top seven criteria that most influence sustainable supply chain capabilities are outbound logistics flexibility, supply chain reconceptualization, information quality, coevolution, market-oriented perception, partner development and knowledge acquisition and absorptive capacity. The theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Ming-Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Kuo-Jui Wu; Wong-Wai Peng. Improving sustainable supply chain capabilities using social media in a decision-making model. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 227, 700 -711.
AMA StyleMing-Lang Tseng, Ming K. Lim, Kuo-Jui Wu, Wong-Wai Peng. Improving sustainable supply chain capabilities using social media in a decision-making model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 227 ():700-711.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Lang Tseng; Ming K. Lim; Kuo-Jui Wu; Wong-Wai Peng. 2019. "Improving sustainable supply chain capabilities using social media in a decision-making model." Journal of Cleaner Production 227, no. : 700-711.
The study aims to develop a hierarchical framework for sustainable tourism considering socio-economic, socio-environmental and eco-efficiency aspects (coordinated triple bottom line). However, development of this hierarchical framework development must consider linguistic preferences and the interrelationships between the aspects and the criteria. Hence, the vague set is used to address linguistic preferences, and the interrelationships are presented with the decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory technique. Interpretive structural modeling is used to develop the sustainable tourism hierarchical framework. The results reveal that (1) socio-economics has a greater influence and (2) eco-efficiency performance does not reach the expected level because tourism firms encounter conflicts in balancing economic growth and environmental impact. This proposed hierarchical framework aims to guide the tourism industry toward sustainability. This study also proposes rewarding employees for promoting eco-processes, creating new eco-commercial links with the public and adopting an eco-organization to increase competitiveness and profitability for the practitioners.
Kuo-Jui Wu; Yafang Zhu; Qing Chen; Ming-Lang Tseng. Building sustainable tourism hierarchical framework: Coordinated triple bottom line approach in linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 229, 157 -168.
AMA StyleKuo-Jui Wu, Yafang Zhu, Qing Chen, Ming-Lang Tseng. Building sustainable tourism hierarchical framework: Coordinated triple bottom line approach in linguistic preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 229 ():157-168.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKuo-Jui Wu; Yafang Zhu; Qing Chen; Ming-Lang Tseng. 2019. "Building sustainable tourism hierarchical framework: Coordinated triple bottom line approach in linguistic preferences." Journal of Cleaner Production 229, no. : 157-168.
Under the background of intelligent manufacturing, this paper aims to develop a model for person–job safe matching that optimizes safety with consideration of major equipment operator competency and task complexity. Safe matching cost is minimized in the developed model and is measured by the equipment downtime, production defect rate, and operator labor costs oriented by human factors. Human reliability is calculated with the goal of best value individual competency and best admit task complexity with a hierarchical structure. The 0-1 integer programming person–job matching model minimizes the human factor safety and wage costs and satisfies the requirements of the production order, budget and operator quantity requirement. An improved genetic algorithm is designed to solve the model. The computational results of the proposed model based on a case study for a large iron and steel company evidently demonstrated its effectiveness. A new integrated model provides more realistic matches for person–job assignment.
Lili Zhang; Zhengfeng Li; Kuo-Jui Wu; Wenwen Yang. Exploring the Optimal Safety Person–job Matching Method of Major Equipment Based on Human Reliability. Applied Sciences 2019, 9, 1219 .
AMA StyleLili Zhang, Zhengfeng Li, Kuo-Jui Wu, Wenwen Yang. Exploring the Optimal Safety Person–job Matching Method of Major Equipment Based on Human Reliability. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9 (6):1219.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLili Zhang; Zhengfeng Li; Kuo-Jui Wu; Wenwen Yang. 2019. "Exploring the Optimal Safety Person–job Matching Method of Major Equipment Based on Human Reliability." Applied Sciences 9, no. 6: 1219.