Early Access

A composite index to measure sustainability of supply chain management in construction companies

Ieva Cataldo, Nerija Banaitiene, Audrius Banaitis

Companies in the construction sector are increasingly aware of the importance and challenges of sustainability. In recent years, construction companies have introduced some sustainability initiatives and have embraced the concept of sustainability indicators. However, measuring a company’s performance on a wide range of sustainability indicators is challenging. Integration of supply chain sustainability indicators is required. This article presents a methodology for easily consolidating…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-017 more

Success drivers of equity crowdfunding campaign. Empirical evidence from Poland

Magdalena Swacha-Lech, Robert Kurek

The success factors of equity crowdfunding are already well recognized in the literature but have not previously been studied in Poland. The aim of the paper is to fill the research gap by identifying the determinants of equity crowdfunding success in Poland based on empirical data. The article investigates whether and how entrepreneurs’ conscious use of the non-financial benefits linked to equity crowdfunding (ECF) influences the campaign’s success in Poland. We used data from a survey on the…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-024 more

The lens of business model element activation

Pavel Adamek

A business model is the foundation for understanding the functioning of a business entity and is a source of innovation and change. Therefore, developing a business model is necessary, and proactive activation can be a source of competitive advantage to meet the appropriate requirements in the composition of business model elements. The study aims to identify the key elements of activation in business models and to discover their significance. This study uses an expertbased approach based on…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-5-001 more

Towards sporadic demand stock management based on simulation with single reorder point estimation

Katerina Huskova, Petra Kasparova, Jakub Dyntar

The goal of this paper is to decide whether bootstrapping and/or linear regression are suitable to estimate an initial reorder point in sporadic demand stock management based on past stock movement simulation (PSMS) in combination with neighborhood search-oriented optimization. Thus, we randomly generate demand data including 20–80% zero demand periods and simulate continuous review, fixed order quantity inventory control policy (R, Q) for 4 different arrangements of PSMS combined with local…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-5-002 more

How does top management’s environmental awareness influence green innovation: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and slack resources

Ying Yang, Jiaxin Zhao, Xiu-e Zhang

Based on the upper echelons theory, dynamic capability theory, and resource-based view, this study explores the impact of top management’s environmental awareness (TMEA) on green innovation (GI), the moderating role of absorptive capacity (AC) and slack resources (SR). Using the data of A-shared listed manufacturing firms in China from 2010–2023, this study finds that TMEA has a significant positive effect on GI. Furthermore, AC and unabsorbed slack resources (USR) strengthen the effect of TMEA…