TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge management for sustainability in operations
AU - López-Torres, Gabriela Citlalli
AU - Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo
AU - Maldonado-Guzmán, Gonzalo
AU - Kumar, Vikas
AU - Rocha-Lona, Luis
AU - Cherrafi, Anass
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/9/10
Y1 - 2019/9/10
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) as a platform to enable sustainability in firms’ operations and to provide recommendations for managers to integrate sustainable operations into their business strategies. The urgency to create and implement sustainable operations is also argued. The conceptual framework is based on the hypothesis that KM contributes to the achievement of more suitable operations. To test this hypothesis, a model of the structural equation was developed with data collected from 345 SMEs. Empirical evidence supported the hypothesis, indicating that KM represents an important alternative to implementing sustainability. The results suggest that managers need to implent KM, as they will enable a better understanding and awareness regarding the global dangerous impacts from unsustainable operations mainly focused on sales and cost reduction. For this reason, this research provides evidence that KM offers an alternative impulse on the quest for more sustainable operations.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) as a platform to enable sustainability in firms’ operations and to provide recommendations for managers to integrate sustainable operations into their business strategies. The urgency to create and implement sustainable operations is also argued. The conceptual framework is based on the hypothesis that KM contributes to the achievement of more suitable operations. To test this hypothesis, a model of the structural equation was developed with data collected from 345 SMEs. Empirical evidence supported the hypothesis, indicating that KM represents an important alternative to implementing sustainability. The results suggest that managers need to implent KM, as they will enable a better understanding and awareness regarding the global dangerous impacts from unsustainable operations mainly focused on sales and cost reduction. For this reason, this research provides evidence that KM offers an alternative impulse on the quest for more sustainable operations.
KW - Knowledge management
KW - innovation
KW - sustainability
KW - sustainable operations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068226382&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09537287.2019.1582091
DO - 10.1080/09537287.2019.1582091
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85068226382
SN - 0953-7287
VL - 30
SP - 813
EP - 826
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
IS - 10-12
ER -