Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 31 Issue 4

In what ways does human capital influence the relationship between financial development and economic growth?

Shekhar Saroj, Rajesh Kumar Shastri, Priyanka Singh, Mano Ashish Tripathi, Sanjukta Dutta, Akriti Chaubey

Human capital is a portfolio of rich skills that the labour possesses. Human capital has attracted significant attention from scholars. Nevertheless, empirical findings on the…

A non-parametric synthesis measure for board quality: empirical evidence from Indian banks

Rohit Kumar Singh, Supran Kumar Sharma

The paper aims to craft a non-parametric composite value for the board quality of Indian banks where the weights can be assigned endogenously.

Corporate governance, configurational approach and financial performance: some evidence from Indian listed SMEs

Kuldeep Singh, Shailesh Rastogi

Public listing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) stimulates unremitting transformations into their corporate governance (CG) practices. These transformations in CG are likely…

Ethical leadership and employee creativity among engineering employees: evidence from a developing economy

Stephen Tetteh, Rebecca Dei Mensah, Christian Narh Opata, Claudia Nyarko Mensah

Based on the trait activation theory, the current study systematically integrates how autonomy interacts with proactivity to influence the relationship between ethical leadership…

Developing a benchmark for supplier code of conducts – lessons learned from Bayer’s journey towards sustainable procurement and research opportunities

Remko van Hoek, Thomas Udesen

Supplier codes of conduct are amongst the most widely used practices in sustainable procurement programs. While there are limitations and risks involved in using supplier codes of…

Evolution of organizational agility research: a retrospective view

Tanushree, Chandan Kumar Sahoo, Akriti Chaubey

In recent years, organizational agility (OA) has garnered significant attention from the academic community. Despite a substantial rise in the academic literature on OA, the…

Unearthing the relationship between supply chain social capital and firm performance: the role of supply chain responsiveness

Ishmael Nanaba Acquah, Caleb Amankwaa Kumi, David Asamoah, Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Mavis Agbodza, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah

This paper examines the nexus between supply chain social capital (relational social capital and structural social capital), supply chain responsiveness (operations system…

Research developments in sustainable supply chain management considering optimization and industry 4.0 techniques: a systematic review

Pankaj Kumar Detwal, Rajat Agrawal, Ashutosh Samadhiya, Anil Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The literature that is presently available on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) combining optimization and industry 4.0 techniques falls short in its depictions of the…

Operationalizing transparency in supply chains using a systematic literature review and graph theoretic approach

Mohd. Nishat Faisal, Lamay Bin Sabir, Khurram Jahangir Sharif

This study has two major objectives. First, comprehensively review the literature on transparency in supply chain management. Second, based on a critical analysis of literature…

Efficiency analysis of the OECD countries' long-term productivity using DEA and TOPSIS approaches

Peter Wanke, Jorge Junio Moreira Antunes, Antônio L. L. Filgueira, Flavia Michelotto, Isadora G. E. Tardin, Yong Tan

This paper aims to investigate the performance of OECD countries' long-term productivity during the period of 1975–2018.

Perceived challenges affecting user engagement in online community: an analysis of interrelationships and interaction

Anuradha Yadav, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Ruchi Mishra, Surajit Bag

With gaining popularity, online communities are increasing. It is leading to the data and information overflow. So, there are some challenges like cyber frauds, cyberbullying…

Unmasking healthcare supply chain cost drivers in the United States

Jean C. Essila, Jaideep Motwani

This study aims to focus on the supply chain (SC) cost drivers of healthcare industries in the USA, as SC costs have increased 40% over the last decade. The second-most…