Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review

Smart, Palie, Hemel, Stefan, Lettice, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-4435, Adams, Richard and Evans, Stephen (2017) Pre-paradigmatic status of industrial sustainability: a systematic review. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 37 (10). pp. 1425-1450. ISSN 0144-3577

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Abstract

Purpose: This paper seeks to progress Operations Management (OM) 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 (i) what are the descriptive characteristics of the evidence base? and (ii) what lines of scientific inquiry and thematic features underpin the body of knowledge Design/Methodology/Approach: Using an evidenced based approach, a Systematic Review 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 (i) ‘productivity and innovation’, (ii) ‘corporate citizenship’ and (iii) ‘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 systematic review in the field of Industrial Sustainability, synthesises prevailing scholarly dialogues and provides an evaluation of the scientific status of the field.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	industrial sustainability,systematic review,circular economy,system innovation,sustainability-oriented innovation,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,sdg 9 - industry, innovation, and infrastructure,sdg 12 - responsible consumption and production ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Innovation, Technology and Operations Management
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	09 May 2017 05:08
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 02:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63402
DOI:	10.1108/IJOPM-02-2016-0058

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