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 Volume 4, Issue 12 (December 2017, Part 2), Pages: 243-249

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size

 Author(s): Mastura Roni 1, *, Juhaini Jabar 1, Mohd Razali Muhamad 2, Murzidah Murad 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia
 2Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.042

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 Abstract:

The growing concern of the negative impact of manufacturing activities on triple bottom line has led researchers to embark on sustainable manufacturing study. Empirical evidence from previous research has demonstrated that sustainable manufacturing is a comprehensive strategy to minimize the negative impact to the environment. However, study on the link of sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance in Malaysia remains inconclusive, thus need for further investigation. Moreover, the possible explanation for the inconsistent relationship is due to the difference in firm size of manufacturing firms involved in sustainable manufacturing activities. This research intends to investigate the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between SM drivers and firm performance. Data was collected from selected industries in manufacturing firms in Malaysia and analyzed with SEM-AMOS. The empirical result revealed that firm size moderates the relationship between market forces and strategic leadership with firm performance. The relationships between policy and regulation and resource availability with firm performance were not significantly moderated by firm size. The results indicate that larger firms will experience a higher rate of firm performance as having advantage of firm size compared to smaller firms. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Sustainable manufacturing, Firm performance, Firm size

 Article History: Received 15 December 2016, Received in revised form 8 September 2017, Accepted 13 October 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.012.042

 Citation:

 Roni M, Jabar J, Muhamad MR, and Murad M (2017). Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(12): 243-249

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