Business failure is an important issue for companies in the 21st century, and green business is of global concern. Therefore, it is of vital importance to reveal the critical factors that could lead ...to green business failure. Nevertheless, existing research has not fully addressed this yet. This study adopts the company life cycle theory to identify such critical factors. The Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method is applied to convert the expert opinion into quantifiable data, and grey relational analysis is used to take the imprecise information into account in order to improve the validity of the results. Research frameworks constructed from company life cycle is able to reflect the critical factors that lead to green business failure at different development phases. Meanwhile, the adoption of Grey DEMATEL improves the accuracy of assessment, and the result of assessment provides feasible and practical suggestions for decision-making.
Characterized by strategic importance, dynamic complexity, adaptability and extensive impacts, megaprojects are inherently vulnerable to crises. Using structural equation modeling, this paper ...proposes and tests two new theoretical constructs that could be useful for understanding management of megaproject crises. The study proposes crisis orientation and crisis awareness as prominent antecedents to better anticipation of megaproject crises. Crisis orientation is a second-order construct that builds upon five independent first-order dimensions: lack of project management skills; clash of interest; lack of responsibility; red tape and centralization; and lack of ability to forecast. In addition, the paper suggests a first-order construct (crisis awareness) affects predictable risks concern. The survey results of 168 individuals in Chinese megaprojects suggest that higher crisis orientation and crisis awareness support higher predictable risks concern. The findings imply that strategies aimed at enhancing crisis orientation and crisis awareness would promote early detection and mitigation of future crises.
•Inherent characteristics make megaprojects vulnerable to crises.•Seven crisis critical factors are identified through a questionnaire survey.•Practitioners currently lack a full understanding of megaproject crises.•Regulatory mechanisms and leadership competence are beyond a project team's control.
Time and cost play an important role in project completion for both developing and developed countries. This study aims to identify the critical factors that influence the time and cost of commercial ...projects in Malaysia. A detailed questionnaire survey was conducted with industry professionals, and the results were analyzed based on the survey responses. The average index method was used to determine critical factors based on responses from professionals. The critical factors that affect time are poor contract management, client fund shortages, late drawing submissions, land acquisition problems, and inadequate surveying before construction. The critical factors identified for cost are delayed client payments, shortage of skilled workers, design changes, errors in the construction process, and changes in top management. This study raises awareness by identifying critical factors to minimize their impact so that construction can be completed on time and according to the defined budget, and maximize the benefits of future projects.
Developing countries adopt policies to reduce the negative impacts of large amount of waste generated by accelerated industrialization and rapid urbanization, but these actions are far from ...establishing procedures that meet society's needs, especially regarding the management of municipal solid waste (MSW), which requires the cooperation of numerous stakeholders, and a broad plan of action, in terms of sustainability cities' targets and policies. In this sense, sustainable and integrated solid waste management (S-ISWM) emerges as a solution to address the growing challenges of disposing of MSW in developing countries municipalities. However, to guide S-ISWM implementation there still a need of a framework with a multi-stakeholder and holistic perspective of the MSW management, considering the barriers and critical success factors (CSFs) to achieve it. To this end, a systematic literature review using the PRISMA diagram on the Scopus and Web of Science databases, and then, a content analysis of 75 articles, which met the eligibility criteria, were carried out. As a result, were identified eight barriers, 11 CSFs, which were grouped according to five pillars - public policies, disposal techniques, legal aspects, public-private partnership (PPP) and energy recovery – that affect the municipal S-ISWM and were pointed out ways of implementing these factors in practice. Finally, it was proposed a management artifact – a framework towards S-ISWM - based on state-of-the-art CSFs and barriers, mainly oriented to waste to energy, to the developing countries municipalities. This study offers theoretical, practical, and political implications, serving as a stimulus for the development of public policies with a multidisciplinary approach, providing environmental, economic, and societal contributions, and, thus, encouraging the achievement of the eleventh and the twelfth sustainable development goals.
AI systems offer organizations great benefits causing decision-makers to invest more in these systems. The advantages of AI cannot be achieved without successful implementation. Thus, it is crucial ...to recognize the factors impacting the successful implementation of AI. It is also important to assess and rank these factors by their importance to assist decision-makers in implementing these systems and increasing the success rate. Due to its importance, scholars called for studies to expand our knowledge in this critical area. This paper identifies, extracts, and assesses the most critical factors that influence the implementation of AI systems. This study identifies nineteen factors and categorizes them into four categories: organization, technology, process, and environment. The analytical hierarchy process is used to evaluate the factors and the categories. The analysis offers two types of results, at the category level and the level of the factors. The results indicate that technology is the most significant of the four categories. The results also suggest that ethics is the most crucial factor among all nineteen factors. The order of all factors and discussions of the implications of the findings for practice and research are presented in the paper.
•We identified nineteen factors and categorized them into four categories.•We used the analytical hierarchy process to evaluate the identified factors.•We found that technology, as a category, is the most important.•We also found that ethics is the most crucial factor of all nineteen factors.•We offer nineteen research propositions for future research on AI implementation.
•Identification and evaluation of the critical factors in the remanufacturing using fuzzy DEMATEL technique.•Design for the manufacturing, collection strategy, management prescience, and purchase ...intention emerge as top factors.•Government policies, technology, sorting policies and identity of the remanufacturer also possess the notable influence.•Design for remanufacturing and government regulations show the maximum number of relationships.•Inventory control and scheduling exhibit minimum number of relationships.
Remanufacturing is the vital component of the circular economy, which helps in harnessing the environmental, economic, and social benefits by extending the life cycle of end-of-life and end-of-use items. Remanufacturing is being practiced successfully in the developed states like the USA, UK, and Germany for various products while developing nations such as India, Brazil, and China are attempting to begin the remanufacturing on an enormous scale. This paper intends to identify and evaluate the critical factors which possess a significant influence on the remanufacturing. Authors have employed fuzzy DEMATEL method to establish the causal relationship among the critical factors and to determine the degree of importance of a factor. The results reveal that design for the manufacturing, collection strategy, management prescience, and purchase intention are the top factors which impact the remanufacturing most. Moreover, government policies, technology, sorting policies, and identity of the remanufacturer also possess a notable influence on the remanufacturing. It is also observed that design for remanufacturing and government regulations show the maximum number of relationships with other factors while inventory control and scheduling do not exhibit any relationships. Further, this paper provides valuable insights to the decision makers so that a firm may spearhead the remanufacturing business to maintain the circularity in the economy.
Warehouse management is the key aspect for an uninterrupted flow of products within a supply chain. This paper deals with the critical factors that are responsible for creating an impactful influence ...on the working of warehouse management. The analysis involves the selection of critical factors then applying Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) methodology to them in order to get the level partition and final ISM model. This research also involves the MICMAC analysis on the factors which classifies all the selected factors into four groups namely, autonomous variables, dependent variables, linkage variables and driver variables. This research will help the supply chain architects to establish a better and reliable warehouse system. As this research involves analysis of multiple domains that is why a variety of users can refer to this work for their businesses, also the ISM approach gives a good accuracy of the hierarchy of the factors which helps in deciding the most effective chronology of the implementation of various warehousing operations. Researchers can also refer to this work to get insights of the significance of warehouse management in the supply chain and also the complete working of the ISM methodology.
AbstractOff-site construction (OSC) has been regarded as an effective means of improving construction quality and efficiency. The adoption of OSC has been slower in developing countries such as China ...than in developed countries, and research on the barriers inhibiting the sector’s growth is inadequate. This paper aims to investigate the major factors inhibiting the adoption of OSC with reference to the Chinese construction market. Thirty factors influencing the use of OSC were identified through a literature review, questionnaire survey, and face-to-face interview with professionals in the construction industry. A questionnaire was sent out to developers in China, and 83 completed questionnaires were retrieved. Ranking analysis was used to identify 18 critical factors. The top three barriers are “absence of government regulations and incentives,” “high initial cost,” and “dependence on traditional construction methods.” Factor analysis enables grouping of the 18 critical factors into five categories, namely, “government regulations and policies,” “technological innovation,” “industry supply chain,” “cost,” and “market demand.” The paper also indicates that the most dominant of the five groupings pertains to regulations and policies. These findings provide a valuable reference for the developers to understand the major barriers to their decision making and for government bodies aiming at promoting OSC in the construction industry to put forward relevant policies and incentives.
Interventions for sustainability attainment in affordable housing have received increasing attention from policy makers globally. However, policy-makers’ interventions for sustainable affordable ...housing markets can be inefficient and even counterproductive. As such, among the diverse interventions available, a vital question is what are the potential efficient interventions? To address this question, the views of affordable housing experts (also knowledgeable in sustainable housing) around the world were solicited via a questionnaire survey to identify critical success factors (CSFs) for sustainable affordable housing. Relative significance analysis of the data led to the identification of 13 CSFs. Furthermore, agreement analysis revealed that there is no good agreement between respondents from the academic sector and those from the industrial sector on the ranking of the 13 CSFs. Moreover, through factor analysis, the CSFs were grouped into four underlying components: developer's enabling CSFs; household-demand enabling CSFs; mixed land use CSFs; land use planning CSFs. The research findings seek to inform policy-makers on the CSFs for efficient resource utilization for sustainable affordable housing market. Future study would establish a relationship between the CSFs and success criteria for sustainable affordable housing.
•Interventions for sustainable affordable housing could be counterproductive.•Policies for sustainable affordable housing remain a pressing goal.•The findings could inform policy-makers on CSFs for sustainable affordable housing.•The findings could also guide policy-makers on resources use for sustainable affordable housing.
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of, compliance with, and critical factors for the implementation of safety checklists in surgery.
With the aim of increasing ...patient safety, checklists have gained growing attention. Information about effectiveness, compliance, and critical factors for implementation is crucial for whether and which of the available instruments to use.
Medline including Premedline (OvidSP), Embase, and Cochrane Collaboration Library, hand search, a search of reference lists of key articles, and tables of content.
Electronic databases returned 4997 citations, of which 84 articles were chosen for full-text review. Finally, 22 articles were included in this review.
Data relating to care setting, study methods and design, sample population, survey response rate, type of checklist, aim, effectiveness, compliance, attitudes, and critical factors were extracted from the studies. A random effects meta-analysis of effectiveness data was conducted if 2 or more studies reported a specified outcome.
With the use of checklists, the relative risk for mortality is 0.57 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.42-0.76 and for any complications 0.63 (95% CI: 0.58-0.67). The overall compliance rate ranged from 12% to 100% (mean: 75%) and for the Time Out from 70% to 100% (mean: 91%).
Checklists are effective and economic tools that decrease mortality and morbidity. Compliance of surgical staff with checklists was good overall. Further research in particular relating to implementation is needed.
