Naveed Ahmad

• PostDoc, PhD (Management Sciences)
• Chairperson - Department of Business Administration at Lahore Leads University

Brownfield is post-industrial soil resulting from different anthropogenic activities and located in urban centers of cities. Due to the scarcity of urban land and the complexity of renovating old cities, and considering that brownfield research in Pakistan is still in its infancy, defining and evaluating brownfield is necessary for solving environm...

The construction sector consumes a massive amount of resources, produces a large volume of emissions, and generates large-scale waste. Earlier studies considered green, lean, and Six Sigma (GLS) approaches as being critical in the construction process for the optimum use of resources, cost reduction, quality improvement, and sustainability. Pakista...

Brownfields located in urban centers are potential resources for urban development projects. In developed economies, brownfield redevelopment (BR) is considered an effective strategy and an important instrument in urban planning. However, BR in developing counties, especially Pakistan, has not received the same attention due to different obstacles,...

Due to the potential of reducing negative outcomes of brownfields on environment and contribution to urban sustainability, brownfield redevelopment (BR) gained considerable recognition in the more recent era. Comprehensive literature shows that many studies proposed strategies to promote BR in developed nations; however, studies focusing on develop...

Purpose The study explores critical factors influencing the adoption of big data (BD) in construction projects, addressing challenges such as fragmented organizational dynamics, inadequate regulatory frameworks and limited technological infrastructure. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive four-step methodology was employed, including an ext...

Energy efficiency (EE) in the construction sector is crucial for sustainable development, particularly in emerging economies like Pakistan, where the industry accounts for a large share of energy consumption and environmental degradation. Despite its economic significance, Pakistan’s construction sector suffers from inefficiencies in energy use, wi...

The construction industry consumes significant resources, emits considerable pollutants, and generates substantial waste. Green, Lean, Six Sigma (GLS) is an emerging paradigm to control waste, carbon footprint, resource conservation, non-value-added activities, and cost. However, limited focus has been given to the risks involved in GLS constructio...

Purpose The disruptive pandemic has badly affected supply chain operations across the globe and implementing green supply chain strategies is challenging for manufacturing firms, especially in emerging countries. Therefore, this study aims to identify the significant challenges hindering the green supply chain as a pathway towards sustainability in...

In addressing the issue of climate change, the Chinese government has established a definitive objective to attain its peak carbon emissions by 2030 and strive for carbon neutrality by 2060. This effort aims to progressively achieve a state of net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In the given scenario, this research examines challenges in promo...

Sustainability and green innovation reporting (SGIR) are proactive approaches for disclosing necessary information to stakeholders. Despite valuable insights, reporting standards have not been embraced in developing economies compared to developed economies. SGIR has confronted challenges that have not been well-explored in the literature. Therefor...

Construction land reduction (CLR) is an effective instrument to improve intensive land use, restrict the expansion of construction land, safeguard the requisition-compensation balance of construction land in China, and realize sustainable development. But multiple risks arise from the process of construction land reduction. In that case, identifyin...

Purpose Environmental sanctions and pressure from governments and customers can play an essential role in driving the manufacturing industry to adopt more sustainable practices and reduce their environmental impact. Thus, this study explores how pressures from customers and governments influence sustainable firm performance and customer satisfactio...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a vital strategy for promoting firms’ sustainable development goals, encompassing social, environmental, and economic factors. In emerging economies, manufacturing firms face mounting challenges in ensuring their sustainability. This study aims to identify the key drivers of CSR and examine their impact on C...

Construction land reduction (CLR) is an effective instrument to improve intensive land use, restrict the expansion of construction land, safeguard the requisition-compensation balance of construction land in China, and realize sustainable development. But multiple risks arise from the process of construction land reduction. In that case, identifyin...

Green Lean Six Sigma adoption (GLSA) is an emerging concept that enhances product quality, safety and the overall performance of the firms. Few studies attempted to explore and examine the DFs of GLSA towards creating a strong urge in the stakeholders for long-term economic, ecological and productivity advantages. Major 32 DFs were initially explor...

Reducing energy usage and promoting energy management practices remain hot issues in the construction sector. Construction firms are not interested to adopt energy conservation and management practices in their projects. Despite the successful integration of energy management practices in developed nations, their adaptability in developing countrie...

Work engagement (WE) plays an important role in enhancing organizational performance (OP). Despite the considerable attention paid by developed economies, work engagement has been ignored in emerging economies, especially in Pakistan. This study used a survey questionnaire to investigate the relationship between work engagement and organizational p...

The COVID-19 pandemic, was first identified in Wuhan, China, has had a drastic effect on the world economy and compelled governments to enforce lockdown in territories. However, lockdown is destroying the world economy badly as well as the physical and mental health of people. Therefore, governments must develop Lockdown Relaxation Strategies (LRS)...

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been a mere victim of climate change in recent years. The country needs emergency measures at every level to mitigate environmental dilapidation. The role of enterprises in the country’s environmental efforts is critical. In this regard, the hotel sector is known for its outsized carbon footprint. Knowing this,...

COVID-19 pandemic outbreak caused supply chain (SC) disruption and threatened human life across the world, which could be mitigated through innovative strategies. Based on this scenario, this study examines the impact of COVID-19 on green practices, SC crisis mitigation strategies, smart technologies, and sustainable supply chain performance in the...

Due to extensive industrial activities, many environmental challenges have devastated human beings and environmental integrity. Therefore, sustainable supply chain (SC) practices (lean, green, and agile — LGA) gained momentum in the manufacturing industry. Considering the importance of LGA-SC, this study investigates the impact of LGA-SC practices...

Construction land reduction (CLR) is an important instrument for achieving environmental sustainability by reducing intensive land use, controlling the unrestrained extension of construction land, and ensuring a balance between construction and arable lands in China. Existing studies on key factors of CLR projects are rare, lacking comprehensive an...

Energy management in the construction supply chain is considered an important instrument to reduce the environmental impacts of the construction industry. Sustainable construction through energy conservation is not well accepted in developing countries. Very few studies considered energy-efficient supply chain (EESC), but such studies are scarce...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is significantly related to food companies due to its prominent impact and greater dependency on the environment, economy, and society (triple bottom line — TBL). The CSR-related threats and opportunities’ scale are shifting from single companies to networks and supply chains of the food sector. In this regard,...

Resource conservation, sustainability, quality, and cost control have been considered significant issues for the construction sector worldwide. Green Lean Six Sigma not only improves quality, process flow, resource conservation, and environmental performance but also minimizes cost, waste, and lead time. The construction sector in Pakistan is strug...

Green innovation is becoming more common among researchers and practitioners around the world due to environmental and social issues. Green innovation minimizes wastes and pollution, and also leads to financial gains and better image if implemented effectively. Nowadays, developing countries pay greater emphasis on environmental issues as their man...

Purpose Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a requirement for energy enterprises as different stakeholders deem environmental and social responsibility the duty. This study aims to explore the determinants that affect CSR disclosure in energy enterprises of developing nations. Design/methodology/approach Panel data of energy companies is used...

Big data analytics (BDA) have been emerged as an important instrument to support firms suffering from sustainability issues. BDA could enhance environmental performance of the manufacturing sector but empirical studies on it lack in literature. This research explores the role of BDA in boosting green innovation (GI), competitive advantage (CA), and...

Considering the increasing number of brownfields across the globe, brownfield redevelopment projects (BRPs) have gained significant attention. Currently, most of the developed countries are welcoming BRPs and consider it an effective urban policy instrument. Whereas, the adoption of BRPs is in its beginning due to confronting challenges. Therefo...

Safety issues in the dairy industry have attracted greater attention in recent years, and the public have showed an intensive concern regarding safety failure in the dairy supply chain. Since the dairy industry is closely associated with humans and fulfills basic necessities, it is necessary to explore safety failure factors (SFFs) affecting the su...

Recent years have witnessed continuous rise in adopting green innovations which is considered as an important organizational instrument to achieve profits by reducing environmental deterioration. However, green innovation in developing countries, especially in Pakistan, is surprisingly scant as compared to developed countries. This paper empiricall...

Goal: COVID-19 has a drastic effect on world economic progress and different industries. As the main contributor to countries' economies, the construction industry faced multiple challenges due to pandemics. Therefore, it's essential to identify the impact of COVID-19 on the construction sector and develop safety practices in construction proces...

Energy conservation through sustainable energy technologies (SETs) in the construction industry is capturing considerable attention worldwide. However, the presence of challenges makes SETs implementation difficult, and hence to increase the effective adoption of SETs, potential strategies are essential to overcome challenges. The objective of this...

Background: Due to the industrial revolution, extensive production, more raw materials are consumed, which are enough for landfills and disturbing environmental integrity. RL is an established concept in developed countries in comparison to developing countries. RL implementation is in its infancy due to some barriers. Therefore, the purpose of...

This study presents a comprehensive literature review and gives an insight into the increasing research trends that are based on the discipline of green technology (GTs) in the manufacturing industry. Prior research in this field indicates that there is a scarcity of research on the topic. Therefore, this study seeks to draft a multi-perspective li...

Sustainable strategies like Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have become an essential requirement for the energy sector to be practiced across their business activities. Many studies addressed CSR-related strategies but did not examine their critical success factors (CSFs) on regional bases. Therefore, the world's largest energy consumer, Chin...

In the recent era, energy management practices (EMPs) have gained significant importance in developed countries, due to their cost efficiency and the potential to protect the environment. However, developing countries are not particularly serious about adopting and implementing sustainable construction practices, due to the different barriers that...

Construction land reduction (CLR) is an important instrument for achieving environmental sustainability by reducing intensive land use, controlling the unrestrained extension of construction land and ensuring a balance between construction and arable lands in China. Existing studies on key factors of CLR projects are rare,lacking comprehensive and...

Energy conservation and improving efficiency remain top issues facing construction projects today. Studies on energy-efficient technologies are scarce in construction sector, and this area needs to be focused. Energy-efficient technologies have been proved important tools to manage cost and improve project efficiency. Despite the fact that energy-e...

This study aims to investigate the relationship between new human resource management (NHRM) practices and innovation performance. Further, the moderating role of IT ambidexterity was examined between NHRM and innovation performance. This study selected Pakistan's largest IT-based semi-government organisation National Database and Registration Auth...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a useful instrument to promote sustainability in organizations by focusing on their social, economic, and environmental aspects. Despite the growing adoption of CSR in the developed countries, it is at an initial stage of adoption in developing countries owing to the challenges faced by organizations. This s...

Due to industrialization, increasing solid waste is affecting environmental integrity globally. Reverse logistics (RL) has become significant tool to deal with environmental degradation issues and it is being implemented in developed countries. However, RL is at infancy stage in developing countries especially in Pakistan due to different obstacles...

The brownfield redevelopment projects (BRPs) have attracted much attention due to the increasing shortage of land resources. Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model is an effective way for local governments to carry out infrastructure projects. However, when PPP is applied to the brownfield redevelopment, the project is still delayed or interrupted...

Considering the risks in the process of the building up Industrial Internet led by large enterprises, this paper constructs a risk analysis model based on the Interpretative Structural Modeling(ISM). ISM helps foranalyzing the risk factors in the process of enterprise dominant industrial Internet build-up through a systematic approach, including id...

In cut throat competition, organizations all over the world try to utilize the immense opportunities the Internet has to offer in almost all of their operations. Today, Social networking sites (SNSs) provide utilities designed to help companies to recruit right personnel. Considering the implication of social media for recruitment at infancy stage...

Brownfields have attracted increasing attentions from both researchers and practitioners. However, few studies have attempted to make a comprehensive and quantitative review on this topic. This study conducted a scientometric review on the brownfield research from 1995 to 2017 using CiteSpace. The knowledge structure, hot topics, research trends, a...

Private science parks (PSPs) are infrastructure elements of national high technology industrial development zones. Increasing private capital is being invested in this field to transform abandoned factories into science parks through brownfield regeneration, which not only effectively utilizes urban space, but also greatly strengthens the power of...

Purpose – The increasing African population and economic growth leading to urbanisation continues to increase the need to redevelop brownfields as a strategy of encouraging sustainable development of cities, in particular in Ethiopia. However, the adoption of brownfield redevelopment in Ethiopia is at initial stage. Thus, the purpose of this paper...

Knowledge management (KM) adoption is crucial to integrating sustainable development within the healthcare sector. Different barriers, enablers, and drivers affect KM adoption. Identifying these barriers, enablers, and drivers and their role in KM adoption is the core of successful KM adoption. However, there is scarcity of studies applying quantit...

Investing in a sustainable future has no alternative; the healthcare sector in developing countries has failed to achieve sustainability objectives. Knowledge management (KM) is a concrete application of sustainability in healthcare, as organizations (hospitals) that manage their knowledge assets will gain sustainable competitive advantage. Several...

Considering the cutthroat competition in IT organizations, public and state-based organizations are trying to develop strategies to promote innovation in the organizations. However, due to monopolistic structure, employee rigidness, and lack of innovation climate, employees are reluctant to perform innovatively in such organizations. New HRM practi...

Knowledge is considered to be an important resource; it is the source of competitive advantage. However, if knowledge is managed well with Knowledge Management (KM), then it becomes a source for sustainable competitive advantage for organizations. If KM is implemented in an organization, it would improve the organizational competitiveness, performa...

Globalization policies are encouraging manufacturing companies to produce environment-friendly products that offer a sustainable competitive advantage. Currently, product recovery and zero-waste supply chains have caught the attention of manufacturers and professionals. Reverse logistics (RL) is considered as the most significant part of supply cha...

Knowledge management (KM) is the source for creating a sustainable competitive advantage, and it helps the organizations to retain, develop, organize and utilize their knowledge. Due to globalization, the organizations must maintain their knowledge assets to survive. Many organizations have realized the potential of KM and are applying it. Since th...

Faced with the bottlenecks and shortcomings brought about by the resource and environmental issues regarding the sustainable development of the economy and society, green innovation has become an important symbol to measure the sustainable competitive advantage of a country and a region. As an important carrier of green innovation, the evolution pr...

Nowadays, increased usage of motorized vehicles has become a cause of serious environmental and health problems which results in noise pollution, air pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases. Sustainable transportation options such as green public buses, subways and public cycling have been introduced to improve environmental quality. However...

Considering earlier studies of stakeholder relationship network structure embeddedness mainly on static state, this paper describes the dynamic structure embeddedness process of brownfield regeneration stakeholder relationship network using the sequential game model. The results show that “high trust” is the sufficient condition for stakeholder who...

The purpose of this research is to investigate global marketing strategy of Shan Foods recently entered in Chinese market through e-commerce. Shan foods (SF), one of the famous spicebrands of Pakistan has more than 65 countries distributers. After getting acknowledgement in the global spice industry, now SF is going to enter in the most competitive...

The BRPs require huge investment and have the characteristic of high public welfare. The lack of public participation in decision-making can easily cause the group events. To achieve the maximum public interest, this paper will introduce public participation into BRPs decision-making process. Using intuitionistic fuzzy evaluation, similarity degre...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictors of e-HRM implementation in Small medium enterprise (SMEs) in manufacturing sector. Three main predictors including conventional HRM practices, availability of resources and employees attitude towards e-HRM were analyzed. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey and 500 employees pa...

In contrast to comprehensive guidelines for brownfield redevelopment in developed countries, no references can be found in current policies of Pakistan. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comprehensive literature review of brownfields in developed countries,extracting key dimensions of brownfields definition in different countries, to develo...

Researches conducted in social sciences require different statistical techniques in order to interpret the quantitative data gathered from sample. The selection of the techniques heavily depends upon nature of data and researcher's own capability, preference, understanding and availability of statistical techniques. Structural Equation Modeling (SE...

The aim of this paper is to formulate strategies for Shaanxi Aviation Industrial Upgrading (SXAIU). First, a two-level index system was established by combining literature analysis and Delphi methods, which includes the key success factors and external driving forces affecting Shaanxi aviation industry (SXAI). After that, by using the Theory of Inv...

Agile methodologies, that are most suitable in dealing with volatile business requirements, are likely to face the same challenge as they require developers to drastically change their work habits and acquire new skills. The Role and responsibility Process is one of a number of agile methods for developing software, and a part of the Agile Alliance...

The major objective of the study was to develop a model and to test consumer confusion in mobile phone industry of Pakistan. The present study mainly attempted to analyze consumer's basic attitudes i.e. consumer confusion in an under-researched country i.e. Pakistan. So the model examines the impact and outcomes of consumer confusion with moderatin...

The study examines the relationships among internal branding, employee engagement and brand experience. 99 employees and 139 customers of service organizations of Dera Ghazi Khan was surveyed to measure internal branding and employee engagement, and brand experience respectively. The positive relationships were observed between internal branding an...

Employees are the most important asset for organizations have significant importance and their performance can influence customer satisfaction and loyalty. This research is both from employee and customer perspective in Telecom Sector of Pakistan. The rationale of this exploratory study is to investigate the link among organizational resources, wor...

Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have made sense. For retail investors could have done very little to...