When sustainable development matters in health care supply chain: An analysis of influential factors of waste management
| Autor: | Umesh Chandra Parida, John Pumwa, Manoranjan Dash, Sasanka Sekhar Mishra, Kamalakanta Muduli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sustainable development
Exploit business.industry Supply chain 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 010501 environmental sciences Environmental economics 01 natural sciences Competitive advantage Procurement Agriculture 0502 economics and business Health care Sustainability business 050203 business & management 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 9:229 |
| ISSN: | 0976-5506 0976-0245 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01838.7 |
| Popis: | Sustainable development(SD) practices has been adopted by organizations from various sectors to improve their socio-environmental performance. This is because, these days improved socio-environmental performance is key to ensure sustainability in long and gain competitive advantage. Hence, the health care industries are also trying to exploit the benefits of SD practices. SD policies stress on incorporation of sustainability concepts on every stage of organizational activities starting from procurement to disposal of waste. Success of implementation of SD practices in any industry depends on how efficiently it identifies the factors influencing it, their interdependence and degree of influence on SD practices. This study explore the influential pressures of sustainability practices in management of waste in health care sector. Grey relational approach(GRA) is used to prioritize these factors according to their degree of influence on health care waste management (HCWM) practices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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