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    Optimal replenishment policy of technology items with imperfect quality using product life-cycle dynamics
    (Taylor & Francis, 2025-03) Chanda, Udayan
    The dynamicity of the technology market and varied consumer tastes make the technology product market highly unpredictable and complex. Besides, due to competition and fast breakthroughs in the technology market, it can be observed that in recent years, the product life cycle has shortened significantly. It created immense pressure on managers to develop inventory policies corresponding to actual market realities. Economics order quantity (EOQ) models are often used to develop inventory policies. However, due to the variable nature of the demand rate function of technology products, the traditional EOQ models may not be useful for developing replenishment policies for technology products. In addition to the consumer adoption process, inventory managers also face the challenge of imperfect quality products while strategizing business policies. Imperfect quality products can come from flawed transport and storage conditions, or they may come due to the faulty production process. Proper inspection or screening of the lot is important for removing the desired level of defective items before delivery to the customers. In this paper, we propose a new EOQ model for technology items with imperfect quality where the demand rate will follow life-cycle dynamics, and sales are treated as a function of product awareness, utility, and consumer affordability. To confirm the validity of the proposed framework, a numerical analysis is performed under different market conditions.
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    Macroeconomic resilience to socioeconomic challenges and corporate stability in the automotive industry: impact on dividend policy
    (Academic Research and Publishing, 2025-07) Chadha, Saurabh
    The study explains the relationship between macroeconomic and firm-affecting variables with dividend payout policy in the Indian automobile firms. A comprehensive dataset covering 18 Indian automobile manufacturing companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Auto Index spanning from March 2015 to March 2024, covering a ten-year period, is being analyzed. The study employs a panel data regression model to investigate the socioeconomic challenges with determinants of dividend payout. The study applies Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) as a baseline model and employs advanced econometric techniques — Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) — which checks potential endogeneity with improvement in the robustness of the results. In addition to the above methods, Tobin’s Q is applied to check the dividend payout being impacted by firm value. Model validity is ensured through various tests: Wald test (joint significance) and Hansen J-test (instrument validity). To check multicollinearity, autocorrelation, and heteroskedasticity, the following tests are used respectively: Variance Inflation Factor (VIF), Durbin-Watson test, Breusch-Pagan test, and later AR (2) test in GMM to check second-order autocorrelation. Robust standard errors are used to enhance inference reliability. The research findings highlighted the various socioeconomic challenges that affect the profitability, ownership, and macroeconomic stability and how significantly they influence dividend payout, with the GMM model offering the most consistent results. The research findings guide various policymakers, the automobile industry body, climate researchers, the governments, the central banks, auto manufacturers, investors, shareholders, and financial practitioners, helping in appropriate financial decision-making.
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    Technological feasibility and circular economy in industry 5.0: a case for the 6R framework
    (IEEE, 2025-07) Matai, Rajesh
    The transition to Industry 5.0 necessitates integrating sustainability into industrial practices, emphasizing human-centric and intelligent technologies. This study evaluates the 6R components (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Remanufacturing, Repair) using the TOPSIS method, considering four impacting factors: Technological Feasibility, Economic Viability, Social Implications, and Environmental Impact. Two scenarios were analyzed: equal weights for all factors and a scenario prioritizing Technological Feasibility. Results highlight Reduce as the most critical component across scenarios, while Recover consistently ranks lowest. The findings underscore the alignment of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle with Industry 5.0 advancements and highlight areas for improving Recover. This study offers actionable insights for policymakers and industry stakeholders to enhance circular economy practices in the Industry 5.0 era.
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    Enhancing green competitiveness: the role of buyer-supplier integration in automotive supply chains
    (Emerald, 2025-09) Goyal, Praveen
    The present study aims to expound on a hidden and intrinsic mechanism that forms green competitiveness for firms. This study establishes a link between buyer-supplier integration and green supply chain (SC) practices in relation to green competitiveness. It highlights how green SC practices shape both operational and marketing competitiveness (MKC).
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    A tale of stores and screens: Unveiling consumer behaviour in omnichannel retailing through the lens of behavioural reasoning
    (Elsevier, 2025-04) Dutta, Nirankush
    This research examines the mechanisms that foster or deter consumers’ adoption of digital storefronts that traditional brick-and-mortar retailers integrate for omnichannel operations in emerging markets, through the lens of Behavioural Reasoning Theory. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study first identifies specific reasons for and against shopping on the digital platforms of brick-and-mortar retailers through qualitative interviews with retail experts. These findings are then tested quantitatively with a survey of 1392 Indian omnichannel consumers, analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling and importance-performance matrix analysis. The results reveal that perceived product quality and shopping flexibility are the main drivers for adoption, while the attractiveness of alternatives and concerns over delivery timeliness are key deterrents. Additionally, the analysis considers the influence of perceived compatibility and the moderating effect of product type, with electronics and clothing as representative of search and experience goods, respectively. The analysis finds that perceived compatibility exerts a moderate to low effect on consumers’ reasoning and their attitudes, and that deterrents have a stronger negative impact for experience goods in shaping consumers’ attitude towards adopting the digital storefronts of brick-and-mortar retailers. The findings advance Behavioural Reasoning Theory in retail contexts, providing actionable insights for brick-and-mortar retailers to enhance their omnichannel strategies by addressing consumer-specific motivations and barriers.
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    Generational dynamics of omnichannel customers: analysing shopping preferences across diverse product types
    (Emerald, 2025-01) Dutta, Nirankush
    This study explores the shopping orientations of omnichannel customers through the lens of generational cohort theory, which influences their decision-making style while shopping online. It offers key insights into how Generations X, Y and Z interact with digital platforms, helping retailers adapt to the shifting dynamics of modern customers.
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    Sounding the silence: examining the antecedents and outcomes of quiet quitting
    (Emerald, 2025-03) Naim, Mohammad Faraz
    This paper aims to explore the antecedents and consequences of quiet quitting behaviour among employees. It presents an integrative framework that identifies specific factors influencing quiet quitting and examines its impact on turnover intentions and employee performance.
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    Flourishing-at-work: a framework to nurture employee well-being in the digital age
    (Springer, 2025-06) Naim, Mohammad Faraz
    Amid technological advancements in digital age, employee well-being is often overlooked and results in hindering organisational growth. Thus, the primary objective of this chapter is to address the holistic well-being of employees in this technology-driven era. Grounded in theoretical frameworks such as social information processing theory, conservation of resource theory, and self-determination theory, this study develops an integrative framework encompassing organisational agility, psychological empowerment, employee work passion, and flourishing-at-work. The framework suggests that agile organisations not only boost organisational efficiency but also psychologically empower employees. This empowerment fosters employees’ work passion, translating into a holistic state of well-being. This enhanced state extends beyond job satisfaction, contributing to emotional, psychological, and social well-being (termed as ‘flourishing-at-work’). This study contributes to the literature by providing a strategic approach to navigating the challenges presented by digital age in employee well-being at the workplace.
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    Generation Z and green hospitality: insights into eco-conscious decision-making
    (USC's publishing, 2025-08) Naim, Mohammad Faraz
    Green hotels have emerged in response to social demand (i.e., stakeholders pressure) for greater environmental care from the hotel sector, such as, reduction in water and energy consumption and waste generation. However, the initiatives carried out by green hotels have a cost that usually translates into a higher price for guests. The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that determine the willingness to pay a higher price to stay in a green hotel among Generation Z (Gen Z). The model was tested on a sample of 173 Spanish Gen Z using AMOS. The data were obtained through an online questionnaire administered to a convenience sample. The results of the study support the sequence awareness of consequences-ascription of responsibility-personal norm, as well as the inclusion of the attitude towards green hotels as a second mediating variable in the relationship awareness of consequences-personal norm. These findings have important implications for hotel management communication. In this regard, green hotel management should highlight the environmental issues in their surroundings and the environmentally friendly activities they carry out to encourage Gen Z to be willing to pay a higher price to stay at their hotels.
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    From theory to practice: enhancing responsible business management through service learning
    (Elsevier, 2025-12) Mahesh, Jayashree
    Sustainability education is central to cultivating ethical leadership and responsible management. Despite global frameworks such as the PRME and the SDGs, many higher education institutions struggle to meaningfully embed sustainability within curricula. This study introduces a novel, constructively aligned service-learning (SL) framework—grounded in Biggs’ theory—as a specific pedagogical innovation for responsible management education. Adopting a robust, multi-method approach—including bibliometric analysis, integrative literature review, focus groups, and a nationwide survey—this research ensures methodological rigor and triangulation. The framework promotes the development of critical thinking, ethical decision-making, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills through experiential SL projects, directly aligning with the demands of sustainability-driven management education. Findings reveal key barriers—such as faculty engagement gaps, limited benchmarking, and insufficient cross-sector collaboration—hindering the scalability of SL in business education. Focus group discussions and survey validation demonstrate that structured SL initiatives enhance SDG-driven problem-solving. By aligning learning outcomes, instructional strategies, and assessment methods with PRME and SDGs, this framework advances responsible management and sustainability in higher education, offering actionable guidelines for curriculum design and policymaking. By offering a robust model for PRME signatories and other institutions, this framework shows that embedding sustainability in business education is both practical and essential for advancing responsible management.