Frugal innovation for supply chain sustainability in SMEs: multi-method research design

Shibin, K. T.1; Dubey, Rameshwar2; Gunasekaran, Angappa3; Luo, Zongwei4; Papadopoulos, Thanos5; Roubaud, David2

2018

10.1080/09537287.2018.1493139

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL   影响因子和分区

0953-7287

1366-5871

In this study, we attempt to establish the missing links between supply chain sustainability and frugal innovation. Our study motivations stem from two facets of the emerging markets: first, the institutional barriers and, second, the resource constraints. We argue that there is a synergy in the concepts of frugal innovation and sustainability in supply chains and there is a need to further explore this synergy. Furthermore, we claim that even in the wake of many success stories in the frugal innovative supply chain management practices from emerging markets such as India, there are very few, if any, attempts made to understand the implications of a sustainability oriented frugal innovations in the particular context. To address this gap, we develop a model to establish the linkage between sustainable supply chains and frugal innovations. Our proposed conceptual framework depicts the hierarchy and interlinks of the identified enablers in developing sustainability oriented frugal innovative capabilities in supply chains. Furthermore, we have empirically validated our theoretical framework using survey data. We observed that most of the interpretive links are supported. These findings extend the understanding of frugal innovation for supply chain sustainability using multi-method research design, while also providing theoretically guidance to managers in the development of frugal innovation capability to achieve sustainability in supply chain in resource constrained environment.

Frugal innovation sustainability sustainable supply chain TISM MICMAC analysis confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) structural equation modelling (SEM)

SCI ; EI ; SSCI

英语

通讯

SUSTech Startup Fund[Y01236215/Y01236115]

Engineering ; Operations Research & Management Science

Engineering, Industrial ; Engineering, Manufacturing ; Operations Research & Management Science

WOS:000447514600003

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

20184305971919

Commerce ; Design ; Factor analysis ; Supply chain management

Industrial Engineering and Management:912 ; Production Planning and Control; Manufacturing:913 ; Mathematical Statistics:922.2

ENGINEERING

Web of Science

1.Symbiosis Int Univ, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2.Montpellier Business Sch, Montpellier Res Management, Montpellier, France
3.Calif State Univ Bakersfield, Sch Business & Publ Adm, Bakersfield, CA USA
4.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, 1088 Xueyuan Blvd, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
5.Univ Kent, Kent Business Sch, Chatham, Kent, England

Shibin, K. T.,Dubey, Rameshwar,Gunasekaran, Angappa,et al. Frugal innovation for supply chain sustainability in SMEs: multi-method research design[J]. PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL,2018,29(11):908-927.

Shibin, K. T.,Dubey, Rameshwar,Gunasekaran, Angappa,Luo, Zongwei,Papadopoulos, Thanos,&Roubaud, David.(2018).Frugal innovation for supply chain sustainability in SMEs: multi-method research design.PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL,29(11),908-927.

Shibin, K. T.,et al."Frugal innovation for supply chain sustainability in SMEs: multi-method research design".PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL 29.11(2018):908-927.