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S. X. Zeng
Other affiliations: City University of Hong Kong
Bio: S. X. Zeng is an academic researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Business & Quality assurance. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 42 publications receiving 3722 citations. Previous affiliations of S. X. Zeng include City University of Hong Kong.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the status of safety management in Chinese construction industry, explore the risk-prone activities on construction sites, and identify factors affecting construction site safety.
522 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a feasibility analysis of prefabrication in construction activities is provided based on a questionnaire survey and a financial analysis is also investigated by a local case study, which shows that wastage generation can be reduced by up to 100% after adopting prefabrics, in which up to 84.7% can be saved.
489 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify those factors influencing contractors to adopt green construction practices by using data gathered from a survey and find that managerial concern is the most important driver for the adoption of green practices.
384 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a structured questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the current status of integrated management system (IMS), and the authors concluded that the major problems for enterprises to operate multiple parallel management systems include: it causes complexity of internal management, it lowers management efficiency, it incurs cultural incompatibility, it causes employee hostility, and increases management costs.
327 citations
TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the impact of various factors on corporate decision in environmental information disclosure (EID): (1) whether or not to disclose; and (2) the level of disclosure.
Abstract: Based on the institutional theory, this article attempts to examine two consecutive questions regarding the impact of various factors on corporate decision in environmental information disclosure (EID): (1) whether or not to disclose; and (2) the level of disclosure. The relevance of these factors is empirically tested using data collected from publicly listed manufacturing companies from 2006 to 2008 in China. Some interesting findings appear. We find that firms that are state-owned, those that operate in environmentally sensitive industries, those having more industrial peers engaged in EID, and those with better reputation are more likely to disclose environmental information. When it comes to the content of EID, variables that attempt to capture external institutional pressures exhibit either no or weak explanatory power. Only the variable of organizational image and reputation is demonstrated to have a significant impact on both the act and the content of EID. This study provides a snapshot of the dialogues between constituencies in the organizational field and EID development.
301 citations
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01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
Abstract: What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.
2,134 citations
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01 Jan 1994TL;DR: In this paper, a natural resource-based view of the firm is proposed, which is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development, and each of these strategies are advanced for each of them regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.
Abstract: Historically, management theory has ignored the constraints imposed by the biophysical (natural) environment. Building upon resource-based theory, this article attempts to fill this void by proposing a natural-resource-based view of the firm—a theory of competitive advantage based upon the firm's relationship to the natural environment. It is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Propositions are advanced for each of these strategies regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.
902 citations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the key risks in construction projects in China and developed strategies to manage them from a joint perspective of project stakeholders and life cycle and concluded that clients, designers and government bodies should take the responsibility to manage their relevant risks and work cooperatively from the feasibility phase onwards to address potential risks in time.
714 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined over 20 years of research on environmental supply chain practices using a meta-analysis to determine whether the overall effect of these specific practices on firm performance is, in fact, positive.
Abstract: Studies linking environmental sustainability to firm performance have been increasing as more companies are contemplating the implementation of sustainable practices internally and in coordination with other firms along their supply chains. However, findings from these studies have found positive and negative associations, leaving practitioners perplexed as to what actions would be beneficial to pursue. With hypotheses grounded in the natural resource–based view of the firm, the current study examines over 20 years of research on environmental supply chain practices using a meta-analysis to determine whether the overall effect of these specific practices on firm performance is, in fact, positive. The results show that the link between environmental supply chain practices and market-based, operational-based and accounting-based forms of firm performance is positive and significant, providing support for the business case that sustainable supply chain management results in increased firm performance. Different operationalizations of supply chain practices — upstream, design, production and downstream — along with industry, sample region, firm size and time are examined as moderators of this relationship with nuanced results that help to extend the discipline's understanding of the relationship between environmentally sustainable supply chain management and firm performance.
588 citations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the status of safety management in Chinese construction industry, explore the risk-prone activities on construction sites, and identify factors affecting construction site safety.
522 citations