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Amid increased emphasis on sustainable development, understanding the sustainability initiative and practice of companies has attracted the attention of both academia and industry. Corporate sustainability combines triple values including environmental protection, social wellbeing, and economic benefit for companies. Drawing on institutional theory and employing an inductive case research method, we examine companies developing their green innovation and sustainability projects in a challenging context of China. Four representative case studies and in-depth interviews were conducted to examine how these firms overcome barriers in the less developed institutional environment. To better explain corporate sustainability with green innovations, a conceptual framework has been proposed to illustrate how firms operate in a network of relationship and cooperate with their external stakeholders. Firms’ strategies to dynamically achieve the aim of corporate sustainability were identified based on a co-evolutional mechanism in the interface between institutions and organizations.
Shubo Liu; Min-Ren Yan. Corporate Sustainability and Green Innovation in an Emerging Economy—An Empirical Study in China. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3998 .
AMA StyleShubo Liu, Min-Ren Yan. Corporate Sustainability and Green Innovation in an Emerging Economy—An Empirical Study in China. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (11):3998.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShubo Liu; Min-Ren Yan. 2018. "Corporate Sustainability and Green Innovation in an Emerging Economy—An Empirical Study in China." Sustainability 10, no. 11: 3998.
Since Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum declared the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there has been much discussion about it. However, there is no commonly agreed-upon definition of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Therefore, we attempted to answer the following four research questions. “What is the definition of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?”, “How can we respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in terms of institutions?”, “How can we respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in terms of technology?”, “How can we respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution in terms of firm innovation and start-up strategy?” Brainstorming was conducted by 11 scholars from several countries to answer these four research questions. Therefore, this research is not the end product of four research questions, but a kind of advanced template to answer the four research questions for continuing research.
Minhwa Lee; JinHyo Joseph Yun; Andreas Pyka; Dongkyu Won; Fumio Kodama; Giovanni Schiuma; Hangsik Park; Jeonghwan Jeon; KyungBae Park; Kwangho Jung; Min-Ren Yan; SamYoul Lee; Xiaofei Zhao. How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2018, 4, 21 .
AMA StyleMinhwa Lee, JinHyo Joseph Yun, Andreas Pyka, Dongkyu Won, Fumio Kodama, Giovanni Schiuma, Hangsik Park, Jeonghwan Jeon, KyungBae Park, Kwangho Jung, Min-Ren Yan, SamYoul Lee, Xiaofei Zhao. How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2018; 4 (3):21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinhwa Lee; JinHyo Joseph Yun; Andreas Pyka; Dongkyu Won; Fumio Kodama; Giovanni Schiuma; Hangsik Park; Jeonghwan Jeon; KyungBae Park; Kwangho Jung; Min-Ren Yan; SamYoul Lee; Xiaofei Zhao. 2018. "How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 4, no. 3: 21.
National policies for science parks and innovation have been identified as one of the major driving forces for the innovation-driven economy, especially for publicly funded science parks. To investigate this collaborative ecosystem (government-academia-industry) for growth and sustainable development, this paper proposes a nation-wide economic impact analysis of science parks and innovation policy based on historical data drawn from one of the globally recognized high-technology industrial clusters in Taiwan. Systems thinking with causal loop analysis are adopted to improve our understanding of the collaborative ecosystem with science park policies. First, from a holistic viewpoint, the role of government in a science parks and innovation ecosystem is reviewed. A systems analysis of an innovation-driven economy with a science park policy is presented as a strategy map for policy implementers. Second, the added economic value and employment of the benchmarked science parks is evaluated from a long range perspective. Third, the concepts of government-academia-industry collaboration and policies to innovation ecosystem are introduced while addressing the measures and performance of innovation and applied R&D in the science parks. We conclude with a discussion of lessons learned and the policy implications of science park development and an innovation ecosystem.
Min-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien; Lin-Ya Hong; Tai-Ning Yang. Evaluating the Collaborative Ecosystem for an Innovation-Driven Economy: A Systems Analysis and Case Study of Science Parks. Sustainability 2018, 10, 887 .
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Kuo-Ming Chien, Lin-Ya Hong, Tai-Ning Yang. Evaluating the Collaborative Ecosystem for an Innovation-Driven Economy: A Systems Analysis and Case Study of Science Parks. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (3):887.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien; Lin-Ya Hong; Tai-Ning Yang. 2018. "Evaluating the Collaborative Ecosystem for an Innovation-Driven Economy: A Systems Analysis and Case Study of Science Parks." Sustainability 10, no. 3: 887.
The importance of research and development (R&D) for business sustainability have gained increasing interests, especially in the high-tech sector. However, the efforts of R&D might cause complex and mixed impacts on the financial results considering the associated expenses. Thus, this study aims to examine how R&D efforts may influence business to improve its financial performance considering the dual objectives: the gross and the net profitability. This research integrates a rough-set-based soft computing technique and multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods to explore this complex and yet valuable issue. A group of public listed companies from Taiwan, all in the semiconductor sector, is analyzed as a case study. More than 30 variables are considered, and the adopted soft computing technique retrieves 14 core attributes—for the dual profitability objectives—to form the evaluation model. The importance of R&D for pursuing superior financial prospects is confirmed, and the empirical case demonstrates how to guide an individual company to plan for improvements to achieve its long-term sustainability by this hybrid approach.
Kao-Yi Shen; Min-Ren Yan; Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng. Exploring R&D Influences on Financial Performance for Business Sustainability Considering Dual Profitability Objectives. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1964 .
AMA StyleKao-Yi Shen, Min-Ren Yan, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng. Exploring R&D Influences on Financial Performance for Business Sustainability Considering Dual Profitability Objectives. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):1964.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKao-Yi Shen; Min-Ren Yan; Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng. 2017. "Exploring R&D Influences on Financial Performance for Business Sustainability Considering Dual Profitability Objectives." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 1964.
The impacts of high technology industries have been growing increasingly to technological innovations and global economic developments, while the concerns in sustainability are calling for facilitating green materials and cleaner production in the industrial value chains. Today’s manufacturing companies are not striving for individual capacities but for the effective working with green supply chains. However, in addition to environmental and social objectives, cost and economic feasibility has become one of the most critical success factors for improving supply chain management with green component procurement collaboration, especially for the electronics OEM (original equipment manufacturing) companies whose procurement costs often make up a very high proportion of final product prices. This paper presents a case study from the systems perspective by using System Dynamics simulation analysis and statistical validations with empirical data. Empirical data were collected from Taiwanese manufacturing chains—among the world’s largest manufacturing clusters of high technology components and products—and their global green suppliers to examine the benefits of green component procurement collaborations in terms of shared costs and improved shipping time performance. Two different supply chain collaboration models, from multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) and universal serial bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) cable procurements, were benchmarked and statistically validated. The results suggest that the practices of collaborative planning for procurement quantity and accurate fulfillment by suppliers are significantly related to cost effectiveness and shipping time efficiency. Although the price negotiation of upstream raw materials for the collaborative suppliers has no statistically significant benefit to the shipping time efficiency, the shared cost reduction of component procurement is significantly positive for supply chain collaboration among green manufacturers. Managerial implications toward sustainable supply chain management were also discussed.
Min-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien; Tai-Ning Yang. Green Component Procurement Collaboration for Improving Supply Chain Management in the High Technology Industries: A Case Study from the Systems Perspective. Sustainability 2016, 8, 105 .
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Kuo-Ming Chien, Tai-Ning Yang. Green Component Procurement Collaboration for Improving Supply Chain Management in the High Technology Industries: A Case Study from the Systems Perspective. Sustainability. 2016; 8 (2):105.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien; Tai-Ning Yang. 2016. "Green Component Procurement Collaboration for Improving Supply Chain Management in the High Technology Industries: A Case Study from the Systems Perspective." Sustainability 8, no. 2: 105.
Building and construction sectors are significant contributors to the global economy, but their energy consumption necessitates greater commitment to sustainable developments. There is therefore a growing demand for green innovation in the form of cleaner production and policies to meet the modern requirements of sustainability. However, the nature in which public work is undertaken is in an environment of project-based market competition, whereby contractors routinely bid for contracts under specific project awarding systems, and variations are accompanied with the unique scope of individual projects before the final goods or services are delivered. A comprehensive understanding of the characteristics and contractors’ behavior in systems could help to identify the leverage points of policies. This paper proposes a system dynamics model, with quantitative analysis and simulations, to demonstrate the problems of a system with different project awarding systems and ineffective market performance. The framework of market efficiency and performance measures has been proposed to evaluate the project-based competition mechanism. Managerial policy implications for market efficiency and sustainable developments can thus be systematically discussed and compared through iterative computer simulations and scenario analysis.
Min-Ren Yan. Project-Based Market Competition and Policy Implications for Sustainable Developments in Building and Construction Sectors. Sustainability 2015, 7, 15423 -15448.
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan. Project-Based Market Competition and Policy Implications for Sustainable Developments in Building and Construction Sectors. Sustainability. 2015; 7 (11):15423-15448.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan. 2015. "Project-Based Market Competition and Policy Implications for Sustainable Developments in Building and Construction Sectors." Sustainability 7, no. 11: 15423-15448.
High-technology industries provide opportunities for economic growth, but also raise concerns because of their energy-demanding nature. This paper provides an integrated evaluation of both economic benefits and energy efficiency of high-technology industries based on the real data from one of the globally recognized high-technology industrial clusters, the national science parks in Taiwan. A nation-wide industrial Input-Output Analysis is conducted to demonstrate the positive effects of science parks on national economic developments and industrial upgrades. The concept of energy intensity and an energy-efficient economy index are applied to an integrated assessment of the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption. The proposed case study suggests that economic and energy efficiency objectives can be simultaneously achieved by the development of high-technology industries, while three energy policy implications are considered. First, a nation-wide macro viewpoint is needed and high-technology industries should be considered as parts of the national/regional economies by governmental agencies. Second, a proper industrial clustering mechanism and the shared environmental facilities supported by the government, such as planned land and road usage, electricity and water supply, telecommunications system, sewerage system and wastewater treatments, can improve energy efficiency of high-technology industries. Third, the governmental policies on the taxing and management system in science parks would also direct energy-efficient economy of high-technology industries.
Min-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien. Evaluating the Economic Performance of High-Technology Industry and Energy Efficiency: A Case Study of Science Parks in Taiwan. Energies 2013, 6, 973 -987.
AMA StyleMin-Ren Yan, Kuo-Ming Chien. Evaluating the Economic Performance of High-Technology Industry and Energy Efficiency: A Case Study of Science Parks in Taiwan. Energies. 2013; 6 (2):973-987.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMin-Ren Yan; Kuo-Ming Chien. 2013. "Evaluating the Economic Performance of High-Technology Industry and Energy Efficiency: A Case Study of Science Parks in Taiwan." Energies 6, no. 2: 973-987.
Man consumes energy and community, the basic unit of urban development, is also an integrated energy -consuming unit. Sustainable community construction is a development model for local redevelopment which integrates culture and local features. Hence, incorporating a low-carbon concept into a sustainable community construction model will help reduce a community's carbon footprint. Community energy-saving polices can be effectively promoted by guidance, evaluation, feature development and sustainable management as well as heritage programs. This study applies Delphi method, analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and fuzzy logic in building a quantitative evaluation model for sustainable community construction low-carbon development effectiveness, to compare community low-carbon and energy saving development levels by calculating quantitative values as the basis for merits. In addition to testing the effectiveness of self-development of features, this study can also provide the government with a reference and criteria to evaluate the performance of low-carbon community construction projects.
Sung-Lin Hsueh; Min-Ren Yan. Enhancing Sustainable Community Developments A Multi-criteria Evaluation Model for Energy Efficient Project Selection. Energy Procedia 2011, 5, 135 -144.
AMA StyleSung-Lin Hsueh, Min-Ren Yan. Enhancing Sustainable Community Developments A Multi-criteria Evaluation Model for Energy Efficient Project Selection. Energy Procedia. 2011; 5 ():135-144.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSung-Lin Hsueh; Min-Ren Yan. 2011. "Enhancing Sustainable Community Developments A Multi-criteria Evaluation Model for Energy Efficient Project Selection." Energy Procedia 5, no. : 135-144.