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Trust, traceability, and transparency emerge as critical factors in designing circular blockchain platforms in supply chains. To bridge the three circular supply chain reverse processes (i.e., recycle, redistribute, remanufacture) and the three factors affecting blockchain technologies (i.e., trust, traceability, transparency), this paper proposes the integrated Triple Retry framework for designing circular blockchain platforms. A circular blockchain platform was designed in a supply chain, including manufacturer, reverse logistics service provider, selection center, recycling center, and landfill. The results highlight blockchain's role as a technological capability for improving control in the movement of wastes and product return management activities.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Pasquale Del Vecchio; Eugenio Oropallo; Giustina Secundo. Blockchain technology for bridging trust, traceability and transparency in circular supply chain. Information & Management 2021, 103508 .
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Eugenio Oropallo, Giustina Secundo. Blockchain technology for bridging trust, traceability and transparency in circular supply chain. Information & Management. 2021; ():103508.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Pasquale Del Vecchio; Eugenio Oropallo; Giustina Secundo. 2021. "Blockchain technology for bridging trust, traceability and transparency in circular supply chain." Information & Management , no. : 103508.
Blockchain is a promising technology whose four TRs (TRaceability, TRacking, TRansparency, TRrust) features are bound to revolutionize material, information, financial flows and transactions inside and outside organisations. Many studies have been published showing the potential of this disruptive technology in many fields and this number is growing exponentially in recent years. This enormous amount of papers calls for a more systematic approach to analyse the overall trend in this research field. A bibliometric approach based on performance analysis and network analysis techniques is used to examine the evolution of blockchain technology research. Firstly, this paper contributes to the body of literature by discussing the most influential countries, authors, subject areas and journals of the current blockchain research. Secondly, this paper identifies six main clusters of blockchain-related research contributions and, based on the analysis on centrality and density measures, it classifies research themes in motor themes, basic themes, emerging or disappearing themes, and specialised themes. Despite the majority of contributions belong to the computer science subject area, many papers belonging to the technology management subject area provide pivotal insights for practitioners and policy makers. Specifically, they may exploit the results of this research to rethink many traditional processes in the light of blockchain technology implementation, exploit the benefits of the four TRs to manage processes, automate common tasks, generate actionable results, and improve daily operations.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Eugenio Oropallo. Surfing blockchain wave, or drowning? Shaping the future of distributed ledgers and decentralized technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020, 165, 120463 .
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Eugenio Oropallo. Surfing blockchain wave, or drowning? Shaping the future of distributed ledgers and decentralized technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2020; 165 ():120463.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Eugenio Oropallo. 2020. "Surfing blockchain wave, or drowning? Shaping the future of distributed ledgers and decentralized technologies." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 165, no. : 120463.
Despite there are several contributions on the relationship between various aspects of consumer behavior and environmental awareness, further research is required to analyze consumer behavior in the domain of cigarette butts littering. The aim of this study is to examine the role of feared self and environmental awareness constructs as significant antecedents of consumer behavior, as well as the impact of congruity between feared self and environmental awareness. This study utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM). Specifically, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is used to test the construct measures of the structural model and path model analysis to test the hypotheses of the structural model. The hypothesized model was tested using primary data. The main findings are consistent with the hypothesized model and highlight a positive influence of feared self on cigarette butts littering behavior, whereas congruity of feared self and environmental awareness do not have an impact on cigarette butts littering behavior. These results may draw the attention of practitioners, academicians, and policy‐makers for environmentally responsible guidance as well as consumer awareness programs for sustainable development.
Shahid Rasool; Aisha Rehman; Roberto Cerchione; Piera Centobelli. Evaluating consumer environmental behavior for sustainable development: A confirmatory factor analysis. Sustainable Development 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleShahid Rasool, Aisha Rehman, Roberto Cerchione, Piera Centobelli. Evaluating consumer environmental behavior for sustainable development: A confirmatory factor analysis. Sustainable Development. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShahid Rasool; Aisha Rehman; Roberto Cerchione; Piera Centobelli. 2020. "Evaluating consumer environmental behavior for sustainable development: A confirmatory factor analysis." Sustainable Development , no. : 1.
Sustainable luxury research has received growing attention in the most recent years as it requires firms and supply chains to design circular business models and strategies to tackle environmental, financial, and social issues. However, previous research still falls short to deepen how luxury firms design and manage sustainable supply chain practices according to the circular principles. This paper adopts bibliometric and network analysis to evaluate a sample of 747 papers published over the last 35 years. The descriptive statistics and science mapping approaches utilizing cocitation analysis were performed with VOSviewer software to contribute to the ongoing development of sustainability in luxury research with the aim to develop a systemic framework for circular supply chain and offer a comprehensive overview on the topic. The main findings of this paper will help academicians and practitioners to improve the body of knowledge on the topic and provide an overview of promising future research avenues.
Shashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Amit Mittal. Managing sustainability in luxury industry to pursue circular economy strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment 2020, 30, 432 -462.
AMA StyleShashi, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Amit Mittal. Managing sustainability in luxury industry to pursue circular economy strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2020; 30 (1):432-462.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Amit Mittal. 2020. "Managing sustainability in luxury industry to pursue circular economy strategies." Business Strategy and the Environment 30, no. 1: 432-462.
In today's dynamic business environment, agile supply chain (ASC) has become a key strategic move to cope with market instability, handle competitive pressures and strengthen operational and organizational performance. Meanwhile ASC is a good example of a strategy drawing heavily on digitization since as a demand chain management it was information-centric and technology-centric from its inception. Yet, despite this relationship, a lack of coherence and clarity around the input of technology for ASC has impeded to portray accurately the relative importance of digitization in ASC strategies. This study provides a comprehensive and integrative review of 90 articles on ASC. By so doing, we contribute to the discussion about digitization in the supply chain in several ways. First, the paper reports descriptively and analytically how technology was addressed within the ASC literature. Second, it maps a nomological network of ASC research. Third, it finds that technology appears as a necessary but not-sufficient enabling factor for ASC deployment. Finally, a research agenda is proposed to suggest future research avenues to improve contributions to ASC performance.
Shashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Myriam Ertz. Agile supply chain management: where did it come from and where will it go in the era of digital transformation? Industrial Marketing Management 2020, 90, 324 -345.
AMA StyleShashi, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Myriam Ertz. Agile supply chain management: where did it come from and where will it go in the era of digital transformation? Industrial Marketing Management. 2020; 90 ():324-345.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Myriam Ertz. 2020. "Agile supply chain management: where did it come from and where will it go in the era of digital transformation?" Industrial Marketing Management 90, no. : 324-345.
In this paper, a structured review was conducted to investigate the internationalisation process of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to define barriers and enablers and identify research gaps in this relevant field. Data were collected from two databases of scientific peer-reviewed articles (i.e., Scopus and Web of Science). After the selection process, 161 papers focusing on SMEs’ internalisation were analysed using both descriptive and content analysis. The analysis of the results highlights that SMEs’ internalisation is a growing research field, but different research gaps remain to be filled. These gaps concern barriers, impact on performance, models, and theories related to the different phases of the internationalisation process (e.g., start-up, early entrance, international growth). The future research directions identified interesting suggestions and guidelines for future researchers in the field of SMEs internationalisation.
Francesco Castagna; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Eugenio Oropallo; Serena Strazzullo; Shashi. Assessing SMEs’ Internationalisation Strategies in Action. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 4743 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Castagna, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Eugenio Oropallo, Serena Strazzullo, Shashi. Assessing SMEs’ Internationalisation Strategies in Action. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (14):4743.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Castagna; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Eugenio Oropallo; Serena Strazzullo; Shashi. 2020. "Assessing SMEs’ Internationalisation Strategies in Action." Applied Sciences 10, no. 14: 4743.
This paper provided a novel definition of customer knowledge management (CKM) as the logical intersection of customer relationship management (CRM) and knowledge management (KM). The main aim was to investigate the digital technologies supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in creative industries in their customer knowledge management strategies. To achieve this aim, a survey involving 73 handicraft and/or retail SMEs operating in luxury jewelry industry was conducted. The survey results pointed out that in a few years the scenario has changed and that surveyed SMEs make more intensive use of traditional technologies supporting customer knowledge management processes rather than more innovative digital technologies, which are also cheap and easy to use. This finding showed the difficulties of SMEs operating in creative industries to be responsive to the rapid technological changes that are affecting CKM, as well as the lack of support from information technology vendors in the decision-making process for choosing adequate digital systems.
Francesco Castagna; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Eugenio Oropallo; Renato Passaro. Customer Knowledge Management in SMEs Facing Digital Transformation. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3899 .
AMA StyleFrancesco Castagna, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Eugenio Oropallo, Renato Passaro. Customer Knowledge Management in SMEs Facing Digital Transformation. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3899.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesco Castagna; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Eugenio Oropallo; Renato Passaro. 2020. "Customer Knowledge Management in SMEs Facing Digital Transformation." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3899.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was defined by United Nations Member States to provide a list of sustainable development goals (SDGs) aimed to achieve a more sustainable future. Greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions are now at their highest levels in history, and freight transport and logistics service industry has been recognized as one of the main contributors to environmental degradation. Nowadays, the influence of enabling technologies and green practices on business activities is growing and offers interesting opportunities to large firms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in freight transport and logistics service industry. More in details, affordable and scalable practices and solutions are now available to support companies to adopt measures able to reduce emissions and promote climate action goals. On the other hand, specific policies supporting the adoption of innovative practices and technologies are playing a pivotal role in assisting companies and supply chains to achieve SDGs. In this context, this paper analyses the degree of adoption of emerging green practices and enabling technologies in European logistics service providers (LSPs). The results of the cross-country analysis highlight a variety of behaviours of LSPs operating in the different countries in terms of managerial and technological strategies.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito. Pursuing supply chain sustainable development goals through the adoption of green practices and enabling technologies: A cross-country analysis of LSPs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020, 153, 119920 .
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito. Pursuing supply chain sustainable development goals through the adoption of green practices and enabling technologies: A cross-country analysis of LSPs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2020; 153 ():119920.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito. 2020. "Pursuing supply chain sustainable development goals through the adoption of green practices and enabling technologies: A cross-country analysis of LSPs." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 153, no. : 119920.
The concept of circular economy is increasingly receiving attention in different domains, including strategic management, operations management, and technology management. It requires companies to design their business model (i.e., the value network, the relationships with the supply chain partners, and the value propositions towards customers) around a new concept of sustainable development that reduces consumption of natural resources and preserves the environment. However, extant research falls short in terms of explaining how companies design their business model according to the circular economy principles. Starting from this premise, the present paper provides a systematic review of the literature on the design of business models in the context of circular economy, aiming to offer an overview of the state of research and outline a promising research agenda.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Davide Chiaroni; Pasquale Del Vecchio; Andrea Urbinati. Designing business models in circular economy: A systematic literature review and research agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment 2020, 29, 1734 -1749.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Davide Chiaroni, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Andrea Urbinati. Designing business models in circular economy: A systematic literature review and research agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2020; 29 (4):1734-1749.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Davide Chiaroni; Pasquale Del Vecchio; Andrea Urbinati. 2020. "Designing business models in circular economy: A systematic literature review and research agenda." Business Strategy and the Environment 29, no. 4: 1734-1749.
Purpose The modern knowledge-based economy acknowledges the role of the third mission of universities related to the process of knowledge transfer as a driving force to face sustainability issues, in addition to the two traditional missions focusing on research and teaching. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between internal environment, external environment, knowledge exploitation, knowledge exploration and university performance. Design/methodology/approach This study applies confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling to test the conceptual model in the Chinese education system. Findings The findings confirm the higher impact of internal environment on both knowledge exploitation and knowledge exploration as compared to external environment. Knowledge exploitation is more strongly related to university performance than knowledge exploration. These results highlight the imperative role of internal university stakeholders in fostering knowledge management strategies. In addition, they encourage academicians, practitioners and policy makers to focus their attention on the impact of knowledge management models, tools and practices in universities to achieve the entrepreneurial development which, in turn, has a positive impact on individual graduates and innovation ecosystems. Originality/value The necessity to develop a more entrepreneurial university, as well as the lack of evidence of their development in emerging countries, highlights the need to investigate how specific factors and knowledge management processes are impacting the universities’ performance. In fact, although previous studies provide an explanation of the impact of internal and external factors on a university’s performance, contributions integrating these concepts with strategic knowledge management processes are still lacking.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi Shashi. The mediating role of knowledge exploration and exploitation for the development of an entrepreneurial university. Management Decision 2019, 57, 3301 -3320.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Shashi Shashi. The mediating role of knowledge exploration and exploitation for the development of an entrepreneurial university. Management Decision. 2019; 57 (12):3301-3320.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi Shashi. 2019. "The mediating role of knowledge exploration and exploitation for the development of an entrepreneurial university." Management Decision 57, no. 12: 3301-3320.
At present, due to the unavailability of natural resources, society should take the maximum advantage of data, information, and knowledge to achieve sustainability goals. In today’s world condition, the existence of humans is not possible without the essential proliferation of plants. In the photosynthesis procedure, plants use solar energy to convert into chemical energy. This process is responsible for all life on earth, and the main controlling factor for proper plant growth is soil since it holds water, air, and all essential nutrients of plant nourishment. Though, due to overexposure, soil gets despoiled, so fertilizer is an essential component to hold the soil quality. In that regard, soil analysis is a suitable method to determine soil quality. Soil analysis examines the soil in laboratories and generates reports of unorganized and insignificant data. In this study, different big data analysis machine learning methods are used to extracting knowledge from data to find out fertilizer recommendation classes on behalf of present soil nutrition composition. For this experiment, soil analysis reports are collected from the Tata soil and water testing center. In this paper, Mahoot library is used for analysis of stochastic gradient descent (SGD), artificial neural network (ANN) performance on Hadoop environment. For better performance evaluation, we also used single machine experiments for random forest (RF), K-nearest neighbors K-NN, regression tree (RT), support vector machine (SVM) using polynomial function, SVM using radial basis function (RBF) methods. Detailed experimental analysis was carried out using overall accuracy, AUC–ROC (receiver operating characteristics (ROC), and area under the ROC curve (AUC)) curve, mean absolute prediction error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and coefficient of determination (R2) validation measurements on soil reports dataset. The results provide a comparison of solution classes and conclude that the SGD outperforms other approaches. Finally, the proposed results support to select the solution or recommend a class which suggests suitable fertilizer to crops for maximum production.
Raghu Garg; Himanshu Aggarwal; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione. Extracting Knowledge from Big Data for Sustainability: A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6669 .
AMA StyleRaghu Garg, Himanshu Aggarwal, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione. Extracting Knowledge from Big Data for Sustainability: A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (23):6669.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaghu Garg; Himanshu Aggarwal; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione. 2019. "Extracting Knowledge from Big Data for Sustainability: A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques." Sustainability 11, no. 23: 6669.
Resilience has become a crucial topic in the field of strategic management as it requires companies to design resilient business models to tackle managerial and environmental disruptions of individual firms and supply chains. However, extant research still lacks deep insights into how companies design and manage supply chains according to the resilience principles. With this premise, this paper aims at conducting a state of the art review on supply chain resilience (SCR) considering 125 relevant papers collected from Scopus and Web of Science academic search engine. Starting from the results of the literature review, this study proposes a systemic framework of SCR assessment and contributes to improve the understanding of the impact of different empirically tested constructs on the development of the resilience concept. Further, the findings are summarized in several areas including barriers in developing resilience, metrics to measure the resilience performance, and effective strategies to foster the SCR. Finally, this study outlines promising future research directions for scholars and practitioners.
Shashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Myriam Ertz. Managing supply chain resilience to pursue business and environmental strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment 2019, 29, 1215 -1246.
AMA StyleShashi, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Myriam Ertz. Managing supply chain resilience to pursue business and environmental strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2019; 29 (3):1215-1246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Myriam Ertz. 2019. "Managing supply chain resilience to pursue business and environmental strategies." Business Strategy and the Environment 29, no. 3: 1215-1246.
This paper provides a conceptual framework on green initiatives adoption in companies operating in freight transport and logistics industry and presents an overview on the emerging green practices and information systems adopted. On the basis of a literature review on the topic, a research question was identified and addressed through an analysis conducted in a sample of freight transport and logistics companies. This research question regards the behaviours of freight transporters in adopting green practices and information systems. As for the adoption of both green practices and information systems, the paper shows that freight transporters are not a homogeneous industry, but different types of behaviour emerge. As for the relationship between the degree of adoption of green practices and information systems, the paper proposes a taxonomy bringing together sustainable strategies for adopting green initiatives. Specifically, four strategies are identified: sustainability leaders, green practice adopters, information system adopters, and sustainability followers. These sustainable strategies highlight the different phases of the process of adoption of green initiatives.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi. Evaluating environmental sustainability strategies in freight transport and logistics industry. Business Strategy and the Environment 2019, 29, 1563 -1574.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Shashi. Evaluating environmental sustainability strategies in freight transport and logistics industry. Business Strategy and the Environment. 2019; 29 (3):1563-1574.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi. 2019. "Evaluating environmental sustainability strategies in freight transport and logistics industry." Business Strategy and the Environment 29, no. 3: 1563-1574.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an artificial intelligence-based framework to support decision making in wholesale distribution, with the aim to limit wholesaler out-of-stocks (OOSs) by jointly formulating price policies and forecasting retailer’s demand. Design/methodology/approach The framework is based on the cascade implementation of two artificial neural networks (ANNs) connected in series. The first ANN is used to derive the selling price of the products offered by the wholesaler. This represents one of the inputs of the second ANN that is used to anticipate the retailer’s demand. Both the ANNs make use of several other input parameters and are trained and tested on a real wholesale supply chain. Findings The application of the ANN framework to a real wholesale supply chain shows that the proposed methodology has the potential to decrease economic loss due to OOS occurrence by more than 56 percent. Originality/value The combined use of ANNs is a novelty in supply chain operation management. Moreover, this approach provides wholesalers with an effective tool to issue purchase orders according to more dependable demand forecasts.
Eleonora Bottani; Piera Centobelli; Mosé Gallo; Mohamad Amin Kaviani; Vipul Jain; Teresa Murino. Modelling wholesale distribution operations: an artificial intelligence framework. Industrial Management & Data Systems 2019, 119, 698 -718.
AMA StyleEleonora Bottani, Piera Centobelli, Mosé Gallo, Mohamad Amin Kaviani, Vipul Jain, Teresa Murino. Modelling wholesale distribution operations: an artificial intelligence framework. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 2019; 119 (4):698-718.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEleonora Bottani; Piera Centobelli; Mosé Gallo; Mohamad Amin Kaviani; Vipul Jain; Teresa Murino. 2019. "Modelling wholesale distribution operations: an artificial intelligence framework." Industrial Management & Data Systems 119, no. 4: 698-718.
This paper proposes a 3D fuzzy logic methodology to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems (KMSs) adopted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and identifies a classification bringing together the behaviour of SMEs when adopting KMSs. The proposed methodology was previously tested on an individual SME and then implemented on a sample of SMEs. The results highlight that there is an ample variety of behaviours related to the nature of knowledge and the KMSs used. Specifically, four typologies of behaviour are identified: the efficient and effective SME, the effective but inefficient SME, the efficient but ineffective SME, and the inefficient and ineffective SME. The results show that only 18% of surveyed SMEs are efficient and effective for both KM-Tools and KM-Practices, the remaining 82% are inefficient or ineffective for KM-Tools and/or KM-Practices. Lastly, the paper shows how this methodology may be used by an SME as a managerial tool to suggest appropriate changes to improve the efficient and effective adoption of KMSs supporting SMEs in the knowledge management processes.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito. Efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems in SMEs. Production Planning & Control 2019, 30, 779 -791.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito. Efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems in SMEs. Production Planning & Control. 2019; 30 (9):779-791.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito. 2019. "Efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems in SMEs." Production Planning & Control 30, no. 9: 779-791.
The incomplete implementation of lean and innovative approaches in Indian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the lack of evidence of successful application of those approaches highlight the need to investigate how and to what extent leanness and innovativeness impact firm’s performance. Although some studies in the literature explain the individual impact of leanness or innovativeness on performance, further research is required to analyse the simultaneous effect that these two approaches have on both environmental and financial performance. Therefore, this paper investigates the relationships existing between leanness, process innovation, product innovation, environmental performance, and financial performance. To achieve this aim, we test the hypothesised model empirically using data from 374 Indian manufacturing SMEs. This paper builds upon structural equation modelling (SEM). Specifically, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the construct measures and path model analysis to test the hypotheses of the structural model. The results of the study are consistent with the hypothesised model and show a significant positive impact of both leanness and innovativeness on financial and environmental performance. In addition, the results of this paper show the importance of considering simultaneously leanness and innovation since leanness does not have only a direct effect on environmental and financial performance, but also an indirect effect mediated by innovation. These findings may draw the attention of practitioners, academicians, and policy-makers to the impact that lean and innovation practices have on environmental and financial performance of individual firms and supply chains.
Shashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Rajwinder Singh. The impact of leanness and innovativeness on environmental and financial performance: Insights from Indian SMEs. International Journal of Production Economics 2019, 212, 111 -124.
AMA StyleShashi, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Rajwinder Singh. The impact of leanness and innovativeness on environmental and financial performance: Insights from Indian SMEs. International Journal of Production Economics. 2019; 212 ():111-124.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Rajwinder Singh. 2019. "The impact of leanness and innovativeness on environmental and financial performance: Insights from Indian SMEs." International Journal of Production Economics 212, no. : 111-124.
This study aims to investigate how overall food supply chain performance (FSCP) often depends on the performance of partners in a sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain. Initially, the study classifies the FSCP and further examines the partner relationships in sustainability-oriented food supply chain (FSC). To do so, the study proposes and formally tests a five-stage performance measurement model. The present research mainly focuses on the Indian food industry. Results highlight significant direct and indirect positive performance relationships between the different FSC stages. The structural equation modeling analysis highlights that producer’s performance positively impacts supplier’s performance, processor’s performance, and distributor’s performance. Moreover, supplier’s performance positively impacts processor’s performance, distributor’s performance, and retailer’s performance, and also processor’s performance positively impacts both distributor’s performance and retailer’s performance. Lastly, distributor’s performance positively impacts retailer’s performance. The study suggests that regular performance improvement at each FSC stage would improve the performance of the next stage players. Most importantly, the direct impact of each partner’s performance is comparatively high on its immediate next partner’s performance. Furthermore, this study will assist practitioners to understand various FSCP measurement issues and make significant improvements in their sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain practices.
Shashi; Rajwinder Singh; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione. Evaluating Partnerships in Sustainability-Oriented Food Supply Chain: A Five-Stage Performance Measurement Model. Energies 2018, 11, 3473 .
AMA StyleShashi, Rajwinder Singh, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione. Evaluating Partnerships in Sustainability-Oriented Food Supply Chain: A Five-Stage Performance Measurement Model. Energies. 2018; 11 (12):3473.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi; Rajwinder Singh; Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione. 2018. "Evaluating Partnerships in Sustainability-Oriented Food Supply Chain: A Five-Stage Performance Measurement Model." Energies 11, no. 12: 3473.
PurposeThe pressure of globalization has raised social concerns related to the protection of the environment, forced companies to use sustainability as a strategic weapon to fulfill the legal obligations and achieve overall competitiveness. It is reported that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are globally responsible for approximately 70 percent of the industrial pollution, justifying urgent attention to the operations of these businesses. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of sustainability orientation (SO) and supply chain (SC) integration implemented by SMEs on their sustainable procurement (SP) and design. Moreover, this study examines how SMEs’ SP and design affect their environmental and cost performance (CP).Design/methodology/approachThe authors develop a comprehensive model to test the relationships among SC, SC integration, SP, sustainable design (SD), environmental performance (EP) and CP at the SMEs level. The authors investigate the relationships of the mentoned factors by a data set that is collected from 358 Indian manufacturing SMEs.FindingsThe results indicate that in the SMEs’ context: SO positively influences both SP and SD; external integration positively affects SP; internal integration positively affects SD; SP positively influences EP and has not impact on CP; and SD positively influences both EP and CP.Originality/valueThis study provides a broad view of the relation between driving factors that may direct SMEs toward a better sustainability performance and offers practical managerial insights into these important business entities.
Shashi Shashi; Roberto Cerchione; Piera Centobelli; Amir Shabani. Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis. Benchmarking: An International Journal 2018, 25, 3679 -3701.
AMA StyleShashi Shashi, Roberto Cerchione, Piera Centobelli, Amir Shabani. Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis. Benchmarking: An International Journal. 2018; 25 (9):3679-3701.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShashi Shashi; Roberto Cerchione; Piera Centobelli; Amir Shabani. 2018. "Sustainability orientation, supply chain integration, and SMEs performance: a causal analysis." Benchmarking: An International Journal 25, no. 9: 3679-3701.
The paper conducts a systematic literature review on the development process of universities towards the entrepreneurial model to provide a conceptual framework and a strategic research agenda. From the analysis of the body of literature on the topic, exploration and exploitation emerge as critical processes in the development of entrepreneurial universities. Nevertheless, the way they are balanced within universities is an under-researched topic. Adapted from the concept of organisational ambidexterity, this paper develops the notion of university ambidexterity to analyse the development process of entrepreneurial universities. To achieve this research aim, a conceptual model is developed by integrating the learning processes of exploration and exploitation to the previous theories used to analyse the entrepreneurial university. As already emphasised in other studies focusing on the role of ambidexterity in different research contexts, this paper proposes an idea of balance over time. The universities need to balance exploration and exploitation in their evolutionary path towards the entrepreneurial model, but it may be not necessary to invest in exploration and exploitation processes simultaneously. On the contrary, it may be most important to oscillate between periods of exploration and periods of exploitation to achieve ambidexterity over time. As a result, the tensions between exploration and exploitation processes generate a twisting learning path for entrepreneurial universities. Finally, the paper proposes an integrated conceptual framework which consists of six constructs, namely internal organisational environment, external environment, university exploration, university exploitation, university ambidexterity, entrepreneurial university performance. The proposed research hypotheses on the interrelationships between the mentioned constructs and the mediating role of university ambidexterity constitute potential areas of investigation to direct future empirical research and further develop the body of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurial universities.
Piera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi. Exploration and exploitation in the development of more entrepreneurial universities: A twisting learning path model of ambidexterity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2018, 141, 172 -194.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Emilio Esposito, Shashi. Exploration and exploitation in the development of more entrepreneurial universities: A twisting learning path model of ambidexterity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2018; 141 ():172-194.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Roberto Cerchione; Emilio Esposito; Shashi. 2018. "Exploration and exploitation in the development of more entrepreneurial universities: A twisting learning path model of ambidexterity." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 141, no. : 172-194.
The use of big data is growing in relevance and importance in tourism management research. Companies operating in this industry are exploiting big data analytics and developing systems to manage customer knowledge and provide the best service in the right place at the right time. This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review to present issues associated with the use of big data in tourism and identify future research directions on the topic. To achieve this aim, this paper develops a citation network analysis methodology to drive the content analysis and explore the content of 109 selected papers. The findings of this review highlight that although there is an increasing number of contributions on the topic, there are yet some issues that require to be further developed. In particular, the paper identifies research gaps and consequent research questions that represent an agenda for both researchers and practitioners.
Piera Centobelli; Valentina Ndou. Managing customer knowledge through the use of big data analytics in tourism research. Current Issues in Tourism 2018, 22, 1862 -1882.
AMA StylePiera Centobelli, Valentina Ndou. Managing customer knowledge through the use of big data analytics in tourism research. Current Issues in Tourism. 2018; 22 (15):1862-1882.
Chicago/Turabian StylePiera Centobelli; Valentina Ndou. 2018. "Managing customer knowledge through the use of big data analytics in tourism research." Current Issues in Tourism 22, no. 15: 1862-1882.