International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 7, No 5 (2018): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

Empowering Green Healthcare Supply Chain Management Practices Challenges and Future Research

Norzianis Rezali (Unknown)
Mohd Helmi Ali (School of Management, Faculty of Economic and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia)
Fazli Idris (Graduate School of Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the internal challenging factors of green healthcare supply chain management practices that contributed to the sustainable development in Malaysia. Green healthcare supply chain management practices are unique, different and more complex because of the impact on the environment and also the human health. This study thoroughly analysed, reviewed and explained each factor in detail from the various previous literature perspectives. This paper is one of the first to identify and conceptually discuss the use of green healthcare supply chain management practices that contributes to the sustainable development of healthcare industries in a single setting in a developing country. This study explored the internal challenging factors of green healthcare supply chain management practices that contributed to the sustainable development of a private hospital in Malaysia. The findings of the research will enlighten our view on green healthcare supply chain management practices. Besides, it contributes to researchers, the existing corpus of knowledge and a promise to expand the research stream on green healthcare supply chain management practices. The empirical findings will suggest to green healthcare supply chain to practitioner possible ways to obtain and maintain competitive advantages in the healthcare industries as proactive strategies that contribute to the sustainable development in Malaysia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...