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Evaluation of Manufacturing Organizations Ability to Overcome Internal Barriers to Green Innovations

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Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks

Part of the book series: Greening of Industry Networks Studies ((GINS,volume 8))

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Manufacturing organizations are under constant pressure from regulatory bodies to reduce the environmental impact of their products and processes. The stiff competition is also among manufacturing organizations to improve their social image. Manufacturing organizations, especially in developing countries, are lagging behind their counterparts in developed countries in terms of commitment toward the environment. Green innovations at their organizations are the economic and viable solution to overcome this challenge. However, the manufacturing organizations are struggling to green their operations due to numerous barriers like lack of resources and unavailability of financial and human capital. It is often the internal barriers on which organizations have some control. This study identifies internal barriers to green innovation through literature review. A hybrid of three different methodologies is employed. First, ISM is employed to identify the relationship between these barriers. ISM also helps in identifying driving barriers that have the most effect on the system. Next, using BWM, the driving barriers are ranked. In the third step, VIKOR methodology is applied to rank the ability of manufacturing organizations in overcoming these barriers.

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    Himanshu Gupta

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Gupta, H., Barua, M.K. (2021). Evaluation of Manufacturing Organizations Ability to Overcome Internal Barriers to Green Innovations. In: Rezaei, J. (eds) Strategic Decision Making for Sustainable Management of Industrial Networks. Greening of Industry Networks Studies, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55385-2_8

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