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Papers by Kee-hung Lai

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Carbon emission abatement is very important for manufacturers regulated by environmental policies... more Carbon emission abatement is very important for manufacturers regulated by environmental policies. However, choosing an optimal carbon abatement strategy is difficult for many firms. This paper attempts to explore the appropriate carbon abatement strategy for firms that are regulated by cap-and-trade. Specifically, by bringing remanufacturing into consideration, this paper examines a manufacturer that has four alternative carbon abatement strategies: (1) do nothing, (2) invest in carbon abatement, (3) engage in remanufacturing, or (4) become involved in investment and remanufacturing together. The models of these four strategies are first developed in a monopolistic operating environment. The results show that among the four carbon abatement strategies, although the fourth strategy has the highest costs, it generates the largest profits for the manufacturer, passes the greatest benefits along to consumers, and has the best environmental performance. Next, this study is extended to a...

Sustainability

Responsible production is receiving growing attention in manufacturing operations, but systematic... more Responsible production is receiving growing attention in manufacturing operations, but systematic analysis of its concept is scanty. This paper aims to advance the knowledge by examining the research evolution of responsible production for sustainability. Using the concept analysis approach, we first summarize four underlying attributes, including the change to sustainability, preventive initiatives, process management, and company-specific context. Next, we identify that contextual factors and firm characteristics are antecedents of responsible production, which consequently affects customer attitude, employee behavior, and firm performance. Through a bibliometric review of 518 most relevant articles, we observe that responsible production for sustainability has seen a research boom in developing countries and that China is one of the most conspicuous countries in this regard. We also recognize that the link of responsible production and financial performance receives particular in...

Frontiers in Psychology

Although numerous studies have been conducted to understand the antecedents of usage of mobile he... more Although numerous studies have been conducted to understand the antecedents of usage of mobile health (mHealth) services, most of them solely focus on characteristics of mHealth services themselves but neglect taking users’ psychological and health-related factors into consideration. Besides, the comprehensive understanding of what influences users’ routine use intentions regarding mHealth services is lacking. Therefore, this study proposes a person–technology–health framework that underlines how personal factors (e.g., personal innovativeness in IT), technological factors (e.g., trust), and health factors (e.g., perceived health severity) jointly influence individuals’ routine use intentions regarding mHealth services. The proposed research model and related hypotheses were tested based on survey data from 270 respondents. The results indicate that personal innovativeness in IT, trust, and perceived health severity are important for enhancing routine use intention of mHealth servic...

Electronic Markets, 2021

AI-based recommendation algorithms have received extensive attention from both academia and indus... more AI-based recommendation algorithms have received extensive attention from both academia and industry due to their rapid development and broad application. However, not much is known regarding the dark side, especially users’ negative responses. From the perspective of recommendation features and information characteristics, this study aims to uncover users’ negative responses to such AI-based recommendation algorithms in the algorithm-driven context of short-video platforms. Drawing on the stressor-strain-outcome (SSO) framework, this study identifies information-related stressors and examines their influence on users’ negative responses to a recommendation algorithm. The results show that such algorithms’ greedy recommendation feature induces information narrowing, information redundancy, and information overload. These information factors predict users’ exhaustion, which in turn promotes users’ psychological reactance and discontinuance intention. This study adds knowledge on the dark side of recommendation algorithms.

Transportation Journal, 2007

We examine how the principles of quality management (QM) can be employed to ensure maritime secur... more We examine how the principles of quality management (QM) can be employed to ensure maritime security for liner shipping companies (LSCs), and emphasize the interface relationships between the regulatory framework and the QM system, which appear to be overlooked in both theory and practice. This article suggests a conceptual framework for managing quality in the context of the new maritime security regime. We illustrate the application of this framework with an LSC using a ten-step approach to ensure regulatory compliance and quality conformance with the 24-Hour Advance Vessel Manifest Rule so that the legal requirements, as well as the operational and service goals, can be fully met. The article also provides procedural mechanisms and guidelines for LSCs and other maritime interests contemplating the implementation of maritime security with quality in view of similar undertakings.

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 2019

Security management has become a topical issue in supply chain management (SCM). Researchers are ... more Security management has become a topical issue in supply chain management (SCM). Researchers are keen to address issues related to the prevention, mitigation, and recovery from security incidents and to the development of security management systems with cost efficiency consideration. This study presents a citation network analysis (CNA) of supply chain security (SCS) by analysing 143 sample SCS articles. Specifically, we conduct a cluster analysis and a main path analysis to identify the research clusters in SCS literature and show knowledge transformation in SCS chronically. We identify four research clusters, which are: 1) SCS conceptualisation and application; 2) security management systems; 3) transportation security; 4) terrorism, and the research gaps in each cluster are discussed in this review. This study helps reveal the current trend in SCS management research and suggest potential research directions for future study in SCS.

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019

As sustainable management has evolved to span beyond organizational boundaries, firms increasingl... more As sustainable management has evolved to span beyond organizational boundaries, firms increasingly realize the importance of embracing sustainable supply management (SSM) practices to nurture the environmental and social development of their suppliers. In this study, we investigate how two specific types of strategic orientations (i.e., sustainability orientation and operations orientation) affect the implementation of SSM practices. Furthermore, we examine whether such SSM practices can collectively yield performance benefits in the triple bottom line (TBL) (i.e., environmental, social, and economic performance) for buyer firms. Based on data collected from 708 manufacturing firms in multiple countries, our findings suggest that sustainability orientation promotes SSM practices whereas operations orientation impedes such practices. The results also reveal that SSM practices enhance environmental and social performance but bring no economic performance. This study adds knowledge to the sustainable management literature by distinguishing these two types of strategic orientations as antecedents influencing the implementation of SSM practices, which will benefit TBL.

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2017

Some developed countries have enacted extended producer responsibility regulations that facilitat... more Some developed countries have enacted extended producer responsibility regulations that facilitate the diffusion of environmental supply chain cooperation (ESCC) practices among manufacturers. Developing countries, such as China, have adopted similar but generally flexible and voluntary regulations and policies. Using exchange theory with a focus on regulatory aspects as the theoretical lens, this paper develops propositions to examine if awareness of voluntary environmental regulatory policies is different among manufacturers as well as the relationship to ESCC practices adoption. Results from cluster analysis and multivariate analysis of variance for 308 responses identify three categories of Chinese manufacturers with respect to their awareness of environmental regulatory policies. These three categories include savvy, attentive, and nescient manufacturers. It was found that manufacturers characterized with higher environmental regulatory awareness tend to implement ESCC practices more intensively. Hierarchical regression analysis was further used to examine the relationship between awareness of regulatory policies and ESCC practices. Awareness of domestic regulatory policies has positive effects on green purchasing only for savvy manufacturers. Regression results show a nonlinear relationship between awareness of domestic regulatory policies and customer cooperation with environmental concerns, from slightly positive for nescient manufacturers and slightly negative for attentive manufacturers to significantly positive for savvy manufacturers.

Green Shipping Management, 2015

Shipping operations contribute to the growth of international trade activities, which depend very... more Shipping operations contribute to the growth of international trade activities, which depend very much on ships to carry cargo from places of production to consumption. Seaborne trade has significantly increased in the past decades.

Shipping and Transport Logistics, 2015

Shipping refers to the business of transporting goods. Global economic development is supported b... more Shipping refers to the business of transporting goods. Global economic development is supported by the commercial shipping industry which facilitates the completion of trade transactions. Global trade volume has significantly grown with rapid increases in global sourcing activities and dispersed production sites. On the other hand, public concerns about environmental issues such as air pollution and resource depletion caused by shipping activities have been growing rapidly with the globalization of business activities.

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2015

A growing number of shipping firms seek to improve their environmental performance in the hope of... more A growing number of shipping firms seek to improve their environmental performance in the hope of developing environmentally sustainable shipping operations. Although environmental governance plays an essential role in leading shipping firms to improve their environmental performance, there is scant knowledge on the relationship between environmental governance and environmental performance in the shipping literature. We propose and empirically validate an integrated model to study how various environmental governance mechanisms (i.e., contractual, relational, and organizational) are enacted by shipping firms and their influence on shipping firms' environmental performance. Our study also examines the mediating roles of the relational and organizational mechanisms on shipping firms' environmental performance.

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, 2015

Handbook of Research on Techno-Entrepreneurship, Second Edition

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Green supply chain management (GSCM) has become an emergent ecological modernization tool amongst... more Green supply chain management (GSCM) has become an emergent ecological modernization tool amongst Chinese manufacturers to balance environmental performance with productivity and business performance gains. Ecological modernization at the society level is influenced by restructuring policies and regulations. Some of these policies and regulations in China are focusing on enhancing energy savings and pollution reduction (ESPR). Based on a survey of 376 responses, we investigate whether different Chinese manufacturer clusters varying in their extent of implementing GSCM exist from this ecological modernization perspective. We also examine if Chinese manufacturers' awareness of domestic and international environmental ESPR-oriented compliance is related to GSCM implementation and whether a mediating effect of regulatory pressure plays a significant role. The results highlight the varying pace of Chinese manufacturers to ecologically modernize with GSCM practices and the significance of regulatory pressure to diffuse the practices adoption by Chinese manufacturing industry. Implications of this research go beyond the manufacturers investigated in this study where similar occurrence of these relationships may exist in other regions.

Journal of Business Logistics, 2009

He has co-authored two books and his research papers have appeared in various academic journals, ... more He has co-authored two books and his research papers have appeared in various academic journals, including Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, and others.

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 2012

Supplier inputs need to be delivered at the right time in the right quality and quantity to fully... more Supplier inputs need to be delivered at the right time in the right quality and quantity to fully satisfy the operations requirements of buying firms. In achieving these performance goals, the importance of supplier commitment in managing the buyer-supplier relationship (BSR) should not be neglected in logistics operations. Due to organisational differences on operations priorities, it is a challenging task to manage a BSR which is inherently complex with many transactional and institutional aspects involved. This challenge is salient in logistics management with multiple upstream and downstream parties involved where the lack of concerted efforts can compromise performance of the entire logistics chain. For many enterprises, it remains unclear on how to nurture supplier commitment in support of their logistics operations. Considering this research void, we examine the antecedents of supplier commitment covering both transactional and institutional factors influencing supplier commitment in the BSR. Survey data collected from 358 suppliers of an international buying firm indicate that business uncertainty discourages supplier commitment, but the commitment can be reinforced with both explicit and implicit contracts used for governing the BSR.