دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی چارچوب غلبه بر موانع نوآوری سبز در شرکتها با استفاده از BWM و TOPSIS فازی - الزویر 2018

abstract

Recent years have witnessed a significant rise in exploring the barriers which obstruct adoption of green practices by SMEs. There is a constant need to innovate in terms of products, processes, and management so that we can overcome these barriers to green practices adoption and implementation. This study employs a three-phase methodology to identify barriers and solutions to overcome these barriers to green innovation in SMEs. Through extensive literature review and the opinion of selective manager's, seven main category barriers, thirty-six subcategory barriers, and twenty solutions to overcome these barriers were identified. BWM is used to rank these barriers and Fuzzy TOPSIS is used to rank solutions to overcome these barriers. Four Indian SMEs are taken to exemplify the proposed three paged model. To check the robustness of the model, a sensitivity analysis was also performed. The results of the analysis can act as a stepping stone for SME managers to eliminate and overcome barriers to green innovation in their firm and compete healthily in the market. The paper sets a framework for future studies in this area of research-work.

9. Conclusions and scope of future work

Adoption of green practices, the production of green products and recycling activities are still at nascent stage in developing economies like India. Small and medium sector is especially lagging behind because of their limited size and small resource base. Green innovations can be a solution to their problem of implementing green practices, but they are also marred by many barriers. Neither studies related to barriers of green innovation in SMEs are present in context of developing countries, nor a framework to overcome these barriers is given anywhere in the literature. A deeper understanding of these barriers from academic managers and practitioners of green practices is required in the context of SMEs in developing countries.

To address this gap, the present study has developed a comprehensive framework to identify barriers of green innovation and also solutions to overcome these barriers. The framework was developed with the help of literature review and help from four managers of Indian SMEs. A total of seven main category barriers and thirty six subcategory barriers were identified, along with twenty solutions to overcome these barriers. These barriers were than subjected to Best-Worst analysis to rank them. The results of the analysis showed that managers of case companies found “technological and resource related barriers” as most important barriers followed with “financial and economic barriers” and “market and customer related barriers”. Further, Fuzzy TOPSIS analysis was used to rank solutions to overcome these barriers. “Designing of effective policies and framework by government and policy makers to reduce environmental degradation” is ranked first among solutions followed by “developing internal research practices at SMEs to carry out green innovation related activities and acquiring scientific managerise” and “focusing on investment recovery strategies like recovery, redeployment and reselling to reduce wastage of material”. Working on these solutions can greatly benefit managers of SMEs for their green initiatives.