Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

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dc.contributor.authorSmart, Palie
dc.contributor.authorHemel, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorLettice, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Richard
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-16T09:53:21Z
dc.date.available2017-10-16T09:53:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-01
dc.description.abstractPurpose The purpose of this paper is to progress operations management theory and practice by organising contributions to knowledge production, in industrial sustainability, from disparate researcher communities. It addresses the principal question “What scholarly dialogues can be explicated in the emerging research field of industrial sustainability?” and sub-questions: what are the descriptive characteristics of the evidence base? and what thematic lines of scientific inquiry underpin the body of knowledge? Design/methodology/approach Using an evidenced-based approach, a systematic review (SR) of 574 articles from 62 peer-reviewed scientific journals associated with industrial sustainability is conducted. Findings This paper distinguishes three prevailing dialogues in the field of industrial sustainability, and uses Kuhn’s theory of paradigms to propose its pre-paradigmatic scientific status. The three dialogues: “productivity and innovation”, “corporate citizenship” and “economic resilience” are conjectured to privilege efficiency strategies as a mode of incremental reductionism. Industrial sustainability espouses the grand vision of a generative, restorative and net positive economy, and calls for a future research trajectory to address institutional and systemic issues regarding scaling-up and transition, through transformative strategies. Research limitations/implications The review is limited by the nature of the inquiries addressed in the literatures by specific researcher communities between 1992 and 2014. Originality/value This study performs the first SR in the field of industrial sustainability, synthesises prevailing scholarly dialogues and provides an evaluation of the scientific status of the field.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSmart P, Hemel S, Lettice F, et al., (2017) Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Volume 37, Issue 10, 2017, pp.1425-1450en_UK
dc.identifier.cris17067451
dc.identifier.issn0144-3577
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-02-2016-0058
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12633
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherEmeralden_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSystematic reviewen_UK
dc.subjectCircular economyen_UK
dc.subjectIndustrial sustainabilityen_UK
dc.subjectSustainability-oriented innovationen_UK
dc.subjectSystem innovationen_UK
dc.titlePre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic reviewen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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