Objetivo: Esta pesquisa analisou a influência da aquisição, da assimilação e da exploração do conhecimento sobre a capacidade de resposta organizacional, dada a moderação do nível tecnológico nas ...empresas manufatureiras mexicanas. Originalidade/valor: Uma contribuição conceitual da capacidade de resposta como compreensão da agilidade organizacional é fundamentalmente necessária para organizações que enfrentam condições de mudança para usar novos conhecimentos para atingir os objetivos da organização, funcionários e acionistas. Trata-se de uma contribuição empírica da capacidade de absorção para fazer as empresas responderem com inovações às mudanças do ambiente e ajudá-las a desenvolver sua capacidade de absorção de modo que possam ser vistas as oportunidades e restrições em seu nível tecnológico dentro de uma empresa. Design/metodologia/abordagem: O estudo quantitativo foi realizado por meio de uma survey com uma amostra de 102 empresas manufatureiras que realizaram alguma atividade de inovação no Estado do México, México. Os dados foram analisados por meio de um modelo de regressão hierárquica. Resultados: Os resultados mostraram que o nível tecnológico apenas moderou a relação entre assimilação de conhecimento e capacidade de resposta organizacional. Além disso, este estudo contribuiu empiricamente para mostrar que as empresas têm a mesma oportunidade de melhorar sua capacidade de absorção e responder às mudanças no ambiente independentemente do seu nível tecnológico. Palavras-chave: aprendizado organizacional, capacidade de absorção, capacidade de resposta, nível tecnológico, inovação Purpose: This research analyzed the influence of the acquisition, assimilation, and exploitation of knowledge on the organizational response capacity, given the moderation of the technological level in Mexican manufacturing companies. Originality/value: A conceptual contribution of response capacity as an understanding of organizational agility is fundamentally necessary for organizations facing changing conditions to use new knowledge to achieve the objectives of the organization, employees, and shareholders. An empirical contribution from the absorptive capacity to make companies respond with innovations to environmental changes and help them develop their absorptive capacity so the opportunities and restrictions in their technological level within a company can be seen. Design/methodology/approach: The quantitative study was conducted through a survey with a sample of 102 manufacturing companies that promoted some innovation activity in the State of Mexico, Mexico. The data were analyzed using a hierarchical regression model. Findings: The results showed that the technological level only moderated the relationship between the assimilation of knowledge and organizational response capacity. Also, this study contributed empirically by showing that companies have the same opportunity to improve their absorptive capacity and respond to changes in the environment regardless of their technological level. Keywords: organizational learning, absorptive capacity, response capacity, technological level, innovation
•Impact mechanism of land transport infrastructure is empirically examined.•Global data envelopment analysis and panel Tobit model are used for analysis.•Overall efficiency level of China's ...manufacturing industry is low.•We study the influential variables of energy and environmental efficiency.•Strong heterogeneity features exist between different regions.
The energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of China's manufacturing industry accounted for 12.8% and 15.5% of the world in 2016, respectively. On the other hand, the construction of land transport infrastructure has become the focal point of the Chinese government recently. However, there is very little literature investigating the influencing mechanism of land transport infrastructure on the energy and environmental efficiency of the sector. Therefore, it is crucial and meaningful to study how the latter is affected by the land transport infrastructure to alleviate global energy and environmental issues. Non-radial directional distance function was used to calculate two indicators measuring energy and carbon dioxide emissions performance in this paper. The panel Tobit model was then applied to focus on factors affecting the performance. The results indicate that land transport infrastructure, economic growth, technological progress, energy prices, industrial structure have significant impacts on the energy and environmental efficiency of China's manufacturing industry. Different from the results at the national level, from a regional perspective, the development of land transport infrastructure in the eastern region plays a negative role in the performance of the manufacturing industry. Finally, some targeted policy recommendations are proposed to improve the policy design of the government.
Replacement of cement with electric arc furnace (EAF) slag at higher volumes causes volumetric expansion; therefore, such blends are not recommended in concrete production. In this study, the effect ...of this slag on the performance and microstructure of mortar samples based on wollastonite (CaSiOsub.3) was examined. The samples were cured in a COsub.2-rich environment, resulting in the formation of non-expansive products, including aragonite, calcite, and traces of tobermorite in the microstructure. The addition of slag above 20% affected the workability and strength developments. However, the formation of pores above 100 nm reduced with increasing slag content to 60%, highlighting the beneficial effect of slag when used in higher volumes. EAF slag contains a higher amount of Fesub.2Osub.3 which limits its disposal at landfills, but its increased use in the production of COsub.2 gas-cured wollastonite concrete can reduce the environmental burdens caused by the Portland cement and steel manufacturing industries.
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•The impacts of GVC position on GTIE are considered in the context of environmental regulation.•We explore the industries’ heterogeneity impacts of GVC position on GTIE.•The ...moderating effect of environmental regulation expands the impact of GVC position on GTIE.•The GVC position has a double-threshold effect of environmental regulation relationship with GTIE.•The coordination between environmental regulation and GVC position for decision-making.
Under the open economy, whereas the manufacturing industry has realized transformation and upgrading by the embedding global value chain (GVC) division system, the problems of energy consumption and environmental damage caused by the industry have attracted increasing attention from society. In this paper, the industry classification standard of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) database is used to integrate China’s manufacturing industry during 2006–2015. Based on the indicator measurement, corresponding panel data models are constructed to study the impacts of the GVC position on green technology innovation efficiency (GTIE) in the context of environmental regulation. The empirical results show that: (1) The rise of the GVC embedding position significantly promotes the GTIE, and there is industry heterogeneity characterized by pollution intensity and factor density. (2) There is a positive moderating effect and a double threshold effect of environmental regulation on the relationship between the GVC position and the GTIE. The above research findings offer a certain managerial enlightenment for the manufacturing industry of developing countries to guide adjustment of environmental regulation policies, alleviate the pressure on resources and the environment, and even cultivate a new momentum of sustainable economic growth.
In recent years, China has constantly strengthened environmental regulation (ER) to force the manufacturing industry to upgrade. This study theoretically analyzes interaction mechanism of ER on the ...upgrading of manufacturing industry through foreign direct investment (FDI) and technological innovation (TI) and carries out empirical verification by using provincial panel data from 2000 to 2016 in China. The results demonstrate that the current ER intensity in China is unable to directly promote the upgrading of manufacturing industry, while through the interaction effects of FDI and TI do boost the upgrading of the industry. The above mechanisms are also robust even if we take the regional heterogeneity into consideration. Basic education and urbanization are favorable for the upgrading of the manufacturing industry. However, the increase in dependence on foreign trade is not conducive to upgrading manufacturing industry. Chinese government should further strengthen ER and give full play of the interaction mechanism of ER to guide the flow of foreign investment and force enterprises to carry out TI. In the meanwhile, Chinese government also needs to ensure balanced regional development, thus better promoting the upgrading of manufacturing industry.
•Performing a comprehensive review and analysis of the energy performance certification.•Developing an operational definition of the energy performance certification.•Illustrating the scope and data ...of the energy performance certification.•Classifying the energy performance certification.•Analyzing the practicability of the energy performance certification.
The energy performance certification has been recognized as an effective assessment methodology and tool to systematically manage energy consumption and improve energy performance. In the process manufacturing industry and building industry, a large number of energy performance certifications have been applied worldwide with remarkable results achieved in energy saving and emissions mitigation. Mechanical manufacturing industry, which is characterised as a typical discrete manufacturing having a wide distribution in operations with large consumption of energy and low efficiency, has a considerable potential of benefiting from energy saving and emissions mitigation. The objective of this paper is to perform a review and analysis of energy performance certification in the mechanical manufacturing industry for evaluating its potentials and applicability for performance enhancement. We begin with analyzing energy performance certification and research gaps to develop an operational definition of energy performance certification. The scope of energy performance certification and the method for data acquisition are reviewed. Next, we establish the classification of energy performance certification from perspectives of the energy benchmarking, rating and labelling to lay a foundation for its implementation framework and evaluating its practicability. Through the systemic review and analysis, the current state of researching energy performance certification is provided with the methods for developing energy performance certification summarized and analyzed. These findings are useful references for managers to strengthen energy management and monitoring and improve energy performance in the mechanical manufacturing industry.
In Malaysia, manufacturing industry is a major contributor to the economic advancement. As a result, cutting-edge technology like the internet of things (IoT) is projected to have a significant ...impact on business operations and supply chain management (SCM). However, research into the influence of IoT deployment on supply chains and organizational performance is relatively sparse. Therefore, this study is to determine the relationship between benefits and challenges of IoT adoption and organizational performance. Furthermore, this study looks into the mediating role of supply chain performance in the relationship between IoT adoption benefits and challenges and organizational performance. The population of this study is comprised of 3019 manufacturing companies in Malaysia, while the minimum sample size needed is 43 manufacturing companies.1160 complete set of survey questionnaire were distributed through email and 63 responses received representing five per cent of response rate. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to assess all of the study's hypotheses. The results of this paper support six out of the seven hypotheses tested. In conclusion, the manufacturing industry in Malaysia needs to be exposed more to the benefits of IoT rather than keep discussing its challenges. This study can be a guideline to the manufacturing companies in decision making for IoT adoption. The limitations and recommendation for future study is highlighted.
Government departments are generally regarded as the most effective force in achieving energy conservation and emission reduction, but only relying on the coercive force of the government cannot ...achieve complete energy conservation. The role of the market is to determine the direction of consumption. Unfortunately, existing research only considers the role of government regulation and ignores the welfare effects of market reforms. Therefore, using China’s provincial-level data, this study investigates the impact of market reform (MR) on energy efficiency (EE). The super epsilon-based measure model was utilized to measure the EE, and panel quantile regression technology was employed to explore the heterogeneity effect of the EE at different quantiles. The empirical results show that: (i) the level of China’s manufacturing EE is relatively low, showing a inverted U-shaped trend during the sample period, and there remain distinct provincial differences. (ii) MR significantly improves EE and shows an inverted U-shaped trend. Moreover, this study finds that environmental regulations, energy structure, and financial development have significantly improved EE. To make the results robust, this study uses five MR substitute indicators for robustness test. Finally, the policy in this study implies that the government should focus on MR development and reduce provincial differences.
•The impact of market reforms on manufacturing energy efficiency is investigated.•The super-EBM model and panel quantile regression technology are employed.•Manufacturing EE is relatively poor and there remain distinct provincial differences.•Market reforms have significantly improved manufacturing EE in all quantiles.•A reasonable scope of market reforms is conducive to promoting manufacturing EE.
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