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Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach

Purpose This study examines the factors of sustainable technology adoption (STA) in the Bangladeshi's apparel industry and its impact on the environmental performance and other firm performances. Mainly, this study adopts stakeholder theory and hypothesizes necessary conditions to examine diffe...

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Main Authors: Hoque, Md Aynul, Rasiah, Rajah, Furuoka, Fumitaka, Kumar, Sameer
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Published: EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD 2023
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spelling my.um.eprints.395732023-11-22T23:15:01Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/39573/ Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach Hoque, Md Aynul Rasiah, Rajah Furuoka, Fumitaka Kumar, Sameer Business Purpose This study examines the factors of sustainable technology adoption (STA) in the Bangladeshi's apparel industry and its impact on the environmental performance and other firm performances. Mainly, this study adopts stakeholder theory and hypothesizes necessary conditions to examine different stakeholders' roles to facilitate STA and ameliorate firm performances such as environmental, financial and competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach It is an empirical study which collected 240 responses from Bangladeshi apparel firms. Garment factories were considered as the unit of analysis. Findings Customer pressure, top management, competition among firms and government support significantly and positively impact STA. Surprisingly, regulatory pressure has no significant impact on the Bangladeshi's apparel industry, which contradicts most existing literature in the field. The findings show that sustainable technology brings increased simultaneously enhances environmental outcomes and enhances financial performances and competitive advantage. Originality/value This study fills up the voids that exist in the STA literature in the clothing industry in the clothing industry's STA literature. Specifically, western buyers have more influence than regulatory pressure to adopt sustainable technology and sustainable manufacturing for the Bangladeshi garments industry. Moreover, it proposes that sustainable technology can enhance firms' competitive advantage in selling their products in the West besides environmental-friendly apparel manufacturers. EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD 2023-01 Article PeerReviewed Hoque, Md Aynul and Rasiah, Rajah and Furuoka, Fumitaka and Kumar, Sameer (2023) Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach. JOURNAL OF FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT, 27 (1). pp. 182-200. ISSN 1361-2026, DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMM-06-2021-0147 <https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMM-06-2021-0147>. 10.1108/JFMM-06-2021-0147
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topic Business
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Hoque, Md Aynul
Rasiah, Rajah
Furuoka, Fumitaka
Kumar, Sameer
Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
description Purpose This study examines the factors of sustainable technology adoption (STA) in the Bangladeshi's apparel industry and its impact on the environmental performance and other firm performances. Mainly, this study adopts stakeholder theory and hypothesizes necessary conditions to examine different stakeholders' roles to facilitate STA and ameliorate firm performances such as environmental, financial and competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach It is an empirical study which collected 240 responses from Bangladeshi apparel firms. Garment factories were considered as the unit of analysis. Findings Customer pressure, top management, competition among firms and government support significantly and positively impact STA. Surprisingly, regulatory pressure has no significant impact on the Bangladeshi's apparel industry, which contradicts most existing literature in the field. The findings show that sustainable technology brings increased simultaneously enhances environmental outcomes and enhances financial performances and competitive advantage. Originality/value This study fills up the voids that exist in the STA literature in the clothing industry in the clothing industry's STA literature. Specifically, western buyers have more influence than regulatory pressure to adopt sustainable technology and sustainable manufacturing for the Bangladeshi garments industry. Moreover, it proposes that sustainable technology can enhance firms' competitive advantage in selling their products in the West besides environmental-friendly apparel manufacturers.
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author Hoque, Md Aynul
Rasiah, Rajah
Furuoka, Fumitaka
Kumar, Sameer
author_facet Hoque, Md Aynul
Rasiah, Rajah
Furuoka, Fumitaka
Kumar, Sameer
author_sort Hoque, Md Aynul
title Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
title_short Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
title_full Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
title_fullStr Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
title_full_unstemmed Critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: The stakeholder approach
title_sort critical determinants and firm performance of sustainable technology adoption in the apparel industry: the stakeholder approach
publisher EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/39573/
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