Rajat Agrawal

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Drawing on the dynamic capability view and resource-based view, this study investigates the relationship among artificial intelligence-based partner relationship management, firm performance, and sustainable competitiveness in relation to the climate management of business-to-business (B2B) firms. Throughout this investigation, the study additional...

This invention used a manual paddle-operated cam follower mechanism within this metallic handloom to reduce the thread count variation by establishing a constant timing of beater and shuttle movement, which provides a uniform picking and beating process. One adjustable brake mechanism is provided on the warp shaft to supply the tighten warp uniform...

Metaheuristics have become increasingly popular due to the complex and extensive optimization models that have emerged in the circular supply chain field. This study aims to fill a gap in the literature by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the role of metaheuristics in reverse logistics and circular supply chains. The methodology involves a me...

Purpose- This study examines current research on the relationship between Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0 for healthcare organizations. Design/Methodology/Approach- We have performed a systematic literature review of 102 documents published between 2011 to 2022 from the Scopus database to identify the research trends on Operational Excel...

Purpose: Sustainability performances (SPs) are the most crucial performances for an organisation in today's world, and they can be measured by economic, social, and environmental metrics. Previous research has not been clear on the role of TPM in the context of sustainability, which motivates the authors to investigate the relationship between T...

Purpose – The literature that is presently available on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) combining Optimization and Industry 4.0 techniques falls short in its depictions of the recent developments, budding pertinent areas, and the importance of SSCM in the growth of industrial economies around the world. This article's main objective is t...

The operations of other businesses rely heavily on the logistics sector, making logistics the most crucial industry. There are multiple issues available in the existing logistics sector including the lack of logistics optimization and unsustainability operations. To deal with these issues, the concept of the Physical Internet (PI) has arisen. For t...

Purpose This study aims to propose iStage, i.e. an intelligent hybrid deep learning (DL)-based framework to determine the stage of the disaster to make the right decisions at the right time. Design/methodology/approach iStage acquires data from the Twitter platform and identifies the social media message as pre, during, post-disaster or irrelevant...

Purpose This paper aims to propose DisDSS: a Web-based smart disaster management (DM) system for decision-making that will assist disaster professionals in determining the nature of disaster-related social media (SM) messages. The research classifies the tweets into need-based, availability-based, situational-based, general and irrelevant categorie...

Purpose This study aims to propose a novel deep learning (DL)-based framework, iRelevancy, for identifying the disaster relevancy of a social media (SM) message. Design/methodology/approach It is worth mentioning that a fusion-based DL model is introduced to objectively identify the relevancy of a SM message to the disaster. The proposed system is...

Abstract Purpose Key success factors (KSFs) of total productive maintenance (TPM) have historically played a vital role in attaining economic and ecological sustainability but have overlooked social sustainability. Hence, this study analyses and ranks the most significant TPM KSFs for attaining social sustainability in manufacturing small and mediu...

Purpose - Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) could act as a practical approach to offer sustainability deliverables in manufacturing firms aligning with the natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory’s strategic capabilities: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Also, the emergence of Blockchain Technology (BCT) an...

There are few products where the contribution of innovation is very high while few remain on the sideline, such as handloom machines used by weavers for various local textile making. This study aims to improve the handloom machine with the help of the d.schools philosophy of Design Thinking (DT). The study applies the five phases of DT developed by...

Pine needles are a major cause of forest fires in the western region of the Himalayas in India. There is a need to explore avenues for utilizing this forest bio residue. Pine needles in the form of briquettes are an important source of renewable energy as it has low carbon emissions, low-cost technological interventions, easy accessibility and dire...

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to establish a conceptual model to understand the impact of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the transition of a Circular Economy (CE). Also, the paper explores the combined impact of TPM, I4.0, and CE on the sustainability performance (SP) of manufacturing firms. Methodology: T...

Purpose – The integration of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is an emerging model, and the global pressure of various stakeholders raises scepticism of any emerging model towards providing sustainability. Therefore, this research aims to identify and rank the potential significant drivers of an integrated model of I4.0 an...

Distraction is one of the most prominent driver characteristics which accounts for several road crashes and is a major cause of concern for almost all road safety institutions. The main objective of this study was to explore and identify various causes of a crash on Yamuna Expressway. Furthermore, another objective includes the detailed study of dr...

Purpose This study aims to investigate barriers and enablers of social media usage by zooming on one specific type of domain: disaster management. First, by systematically reviewing previous studies using a typology to social media usage, this study identifies the challenges often faced. Second, the results are visualized by qualitatively analyzing...

Sustained energy access to remote hilly regions is a challenge. Governments have made efforts to implement renewable energy solutions in these areas, but the acceptance of such technologies by local communities has not been easy. An action research was conducted to introduce a renewable energy technology for energy generation through pine needles t...

Blockchain Technology (BCT) has effectively evolved in reverse logistics (RL) to speed up its operation by decentralising, tracing, and monitoring the goods delivered to the end consumers. This study outlines the current research fashion of BCT applicability in RL from 2015 to 22. A wide range of 226 research papers is selected from the SCOPUS data...

The environment has been a significant concern for practitioners in recent years, so the goals related to environmental sustainability encouraged industries to adapt the green practices. This paper explores green operational practices associated with environmental standards and their comparative impacts on Indian organisations. A major reason for t...

Toys are an important part of children life and also for their parents. In Indian, toys are also connected with culture and festivals, but Indian toys industries have failed to establish themselves not only globally but also locally. This paper focuses on Indian toy industries, which are ignored previously, and now the Indian government has taken m...

The marketplace is predominantly a microbusiness-dominated phenomenon. Across the globe, the status of the tiniest form of business is different and dynamic. It has been widely argued that the tiniest forms of business do not get equal opportunities and the resources to come up with something new for the world. There are several barriers to the inn...

We present a framework to ameliorate the classifi- cation of disaster-related social media messages. In the present work, we have incorporated the Convolutional Neural Network, and Long Short-Term Memory Network. To demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed approach, it is applied to the thunderstorm and cyclone Fani dataset....

COVID-19 has shaken the world financially and socially by impacting society's essential factor, i.e., human well-being. The pandemic situation, like COVID-19, has created enough chaos globally, which is easily visible at even the micro-level of any sector. These lockdowns and social distancing processes became useful in terms of controlling the vir...

Generally, it is observed, adolescent drivers contribute a major share in motor accident crashes/cases as they are prone to a high level of distraction during driving. Many sundry explanations are monitored behind such cases. An umpteen number of risks which make young drivers more vulnerable to accidents add in high use of electronic appliances, i...

This study has presented the systematic literature of TPM, which shows the lack of EW during the TPM implementation within the organization and proposed an integrated circular TPM framework to introduce an incipient TPM concept designated holistic TPM, which mainly fixates on employees.

The term cubitus varus describes the inward inclination of the supinated forearm on the extended elbow. The deformity manifests clinically as a decreased carrying angle, decreased range of motion (ROM) along with a cosmetically unsightly appearance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the technique of compression-distraction osteogenesis u...

The term cubitus varus describes the inward inclination of the supinated forearm on the extended elbow. The deformity manifests clinically as a decreased carrying angle, decreased range of motion (ROM) along with a cosmetically unsightly appearance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the technique of compressiondistraction osteogenesis us...

Forest fires due to pine needles in the northwestern Himalayas during summers are a very common phenomenon every year causing major harm to flora and fauna. They are a major contributor to climate change as forest fires destroy hectares of land covered by forest and emit greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. One possible solution to this problem is t...

Purpose The present study aims to empirically investigate whether supply chain agility and lean management practices are antecedents of supply chain social sustainability. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 311 supply chain practitioners from the Indian manufacturing sector. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test the v...

Globalization has led to the metamorphosis of SMEs for over a decade and half with the onset of innovation process. Despite this, several barriers prevent the SMEs owners from acting as intelligent and proactive firms. This paper seeks to understand what and how barriers related to innovation processes and relationships among them in SMEs influence...

The aim of this paper which has a direct impact on the development of rural people. Another objective is to identify interrelationships among them along with their driver and dependence power, with special reference to India, where government policies identified have a special role to play. A total of 13 enablers were identified on the basis of foc...

The indomitable spirit of growth of mankind has led to rapid urbanisation, steered by industries and corporates. While globalisation and development mark the good face of the consequential coin, increased frequency of extreme events and disaster risks along with the phenomenon of climate change, marks the dark face of the same coin. Each time the s...

The manufacturing world is facing multiple challenges, which include mass customization, productivity enhancement, and fulfillment of sustainability requirements. Most of the organizations are facing challenges in the period of the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, the global economic environment is passing from a depressing scenario....

Purpose At present, the contribution of higher educational institutes (HEIs) to economic development and society at large is under constant evaluation. One important parameter that is counted in their performance is generating intellectual capital. To maximize intellectual property (IP) (specifically patents which are considered to have maximum eco...

Abstract The indomitable spirit of growth of mankind has led to rapid urbanisation and development, steered by industries and corporates. Whether development begets disaster or disaster begets development, is still a matter of on-going discussions and debates, but, each time the society takes a catastrophic hit, humanity begs to question the role o...

Indian manufacturing industry is at crossroad to go for increasing the manufacturing output or to develop a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem with adoption of latest technology. Despite of technology evolution, negative impact of development activities by human on environment is continuously increasing and the most famous negative impact is clima...

Over the last decades a significant need has developed for change regarding safety control in the process and storage industries. Past-accident analysis shows that most dangerous incidents are related to failure of process operations and/or associated equipment. In October 2009, a series of events triggered by the dearth of redundant level control...

Number of defects is a simple way to determine the quality of a product. Quality of a process can also be determined on the basis of number of defects being produced by the process. This paper is an attempt to shift the focus from number of defects to the severity of defects. This also unlocks important concept of integration of sustainability with...

This paper underpins the importance of establishing public sector undertakings (PSU) in India with special reference to one of the key industrial organisations, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), which focuses on elements of innovation that drives productivity inculcating the Gandhian management perspective. In the present competitive world, BHE...

Purpose In the era of Industry 4.0, knowledge component plays a vital role in manufacturing. For tacking the new complexities of the business, a concept of knowledge supply chain (KSC) is being proposed, which takes into account of knowledge component. Higher education institutes (HEIs) which are primary creator of knowledge are important foundati...

Purpose The development of innovation capability (IC) is a central issue for both practitioners and academicians. However, studies that investigate the dimension of IC in the context of micro-enterprises are absent. Based on capability-based view, the purpose of this paper is to identify important dimensions to build a scale to measure IC in micro...

Different frameworks on innovation capability have evolved especially during the last five years and it is developed under several determining factors of various organisations. However, the divergence of the research outcome makes the innovation capabilities quite complicated to well understand its utilisation in practice. This study presents a tax...

The growth in manufacturing activities for economic development is putting a lot of pressure on the environment. One such impact is due to generation of waste from hazardous material. The best way for hazardous waste management is either elimination or substitution with non-hazardous material. The case study in the present paper is focused on the p...

"Customer is King” (Homburg et al., 2011). is an age-old business mantra reiterated time and again propounding the importance of customers in every business. Successful retailers such as Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker and Marshall Field strongly advocated giving highest priority to customer satisfaction through popularizing the motto "The c...

Prioritizing key indicators of health and environment in smart cities as policy drivers : Perception of selected municipal authority officials

Background: Equinus deformity is associated with congenital disorders, trauma, infections, burns and neuromuscular diseases. Tip-toe gait resulting from equinus deformity often makes ambulation difficult. Many modalities of treatment are available but most of them are challenging due to high risk of skin and soft tissue complications. The purpose...

Over the last decade, value co-creation emerged as a strategy for attaining sustained competitive advantage. Literature of marketing highlight that owing to a growing academic and practitioner's interest in the concept of value co-creation, there is a need to do a comprehensive assessment and synthesis of future direction for research. This article...

Understanding customer needs for meeting the customer expectations and to provide customer satisfaction is pivotal for the long term sustainability of the firm. Customer involvement, through 'co-creation' for developing the products and services will ensure this sustainability. This paper explains the meaning of co-creation, state the difference be...

This study elucidates the role of structured innovation (SI) in the field of higher education and suggests the recommendations for its stakeholders. The process consists of comparing the reports available in public domain of some premier institutions on factors such as innovation factor, spin-off activities, programs running in higher educational i...

This chapter gives the overview of social sustainability in the supply chain of manufacturing industry. The author through literature survey identifies various definitions to social sustainability and suggest the approach to social sustainability problem in the supply chain. The readers are exposed with different social sustainability problems and...

As per the estimates of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the global surface temperature is likely to rise steeply by 3.2° F even in a low greenhouse gases emission scenario, by the end of the twenty first i.e. current century. This shall be for the first time in the approximately last 7000 years. Further, during the last two ce...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between sustainable development (SD) and spirituality. Bhutan, a country believing deeply in Buddhist spiritual values has created a model of Gross National Happiness (GNH) where it is believed that the holistic evolution of human being can take place with a balance of material as...

Barriers to women entrepreneurship are numerous but they are all treated with equal importance in prior research. We believe prioritisation will advance our understanding further. Hence, we start by identifying barriers from earlier studies and explore possible causality among them. A framework based on cause and effect relationship among barriers...

Subject area Market development. Study level/applicability This case is intended to be used in strategic management, operations management for both undergraduate and graduate courses. It can also be used for value innovation and market development. Case overview This case focuses on market development by Patanjali, a fast-growing organization...

MSMEs are playing a very important role not only in providing employment to the millions of people, but also contributing in the overall economic development and social prosperity. To fulfil the goal of becoming an innovation driven economy, government is focusing on fostering innovation in the MSME sector. The lack of proper management and structu...

Subject area Industrial Relations and People Management. Study level/applicability Graduate or Postgraduate level, Executive working in manufacturing sector. Case overview This case highlights the industrial relation issues in a public sector undertaking, a government-owned company in India. The case depicted the issues taken place in the comp...

Energy has been considered a major driver for socio-economic development. Its major generation has been from fossil fuels that are expected to get depleted rapidly over the next few decades. Hence, there is an urgent need for shifting reliance to renewable sources of energy for sustainability. In view of this urgent need, a leading oil and gas prod...

Over 53.85% of the world population lives in urban areas, which is expected to reach 66% by 2050. Cities being predominant centers of human settlement and activity, are a major driver of economic growth. Thus, the development of citizen friendly, economically viable and sustainable cities gain immediate importance. City transportation is considered...

Energy, hitherto fuelled primarily by fossil fuels, has been a major driver for the overall socioeconomic development of mankind. However, fossil fuels are expected to get exhausted in the next few decades. This necessitates an increasing reliance on renewable sources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, biomass and geothermal heat to menti...

This article is basically concerned with management issues in Kedarnath tragedy that led to increase of death toll, loss of manpower and financial loss. Disasters cannot be avoided but the aftermath of disaster can be mitigated through effective disaster management by proper implementation of technology, contributing to disaster prevention and disa...

Labour productivity has become a very important concern for all economies focussing development through manufacturing. Countries like India, where the government expects the manufacturing sector to be the largest job provider, need to understand labour productivity in a holistic way. The present paper captures the idea of labour productivity from v...

Labour productivity has become a very important concern for all economies focussing development through manufacturing. Countries like India, where the government expects the manufacturing sector to be the largest job provider, need to understand labour productivity in a holistic way. The present paper captures the idea of labour productivity from v...

The purpose of the current study is to examine the combined effect of identified antecedents of environmentally sustainable purchase behaviour such as, environmental awareness and knowledge, attitudes towards green purchasing, perceived consumer effectiveness and influence of peer groups. The study involves analysis of the 545 responses obtained fr...

Nowadays, the global competitive scenario plays a critical role in the success of the Indian manufacturing sector. The present study argues the role of dynamic eco-innovation practices in order to achieve sustainability in providing the manufacturing competitiveness in India. The outcomes of the present study attempt to express core categories of e...

MSMEs are playing a very important role not only in providing employment to the millions of people, but also contributing in the overall economic development and social prosperity. To fulfil the goal of becoming an innovation driven economy, government is focusing on fostering innovation in the MSME sector. The lack of proper management and structu...

There have been a large number of studies available in literature related to the factors affecting productivity. Most of the studies are from western countries or from Japanese or Chinese countries. There has been very little work done in the field of productivity in Indian context. The aim of this research is to fill this gap.

Research on social sustainability in developing countries has recently gained importance for both academics and practitioners. Studies in the supply chain management field take either a supplier or a manufacturer perspective that address predominantly corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues referring to the internal stakeholders. Our research...

Sustainability has been the buzzword in the business environment for quite some time, because of the increasing awareness of the environmental and social aspects where the business strategies and practices may be unsustainable. Sustainability encompasses three dimensions—economic, environmental and social—though the social dimension has largely rem...

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has witnessed various interpretations since its inception. Even though the present era of CSR has been significantly reassuring, there is an urgent need to understand the primary role of CSR. In order to do so, it becomes necessary to study the evolution of the concept of CSR over the years. This...

There have been a large number of studies available in literature related to the factors affecting productivity. Most of the studies are from western countries or from Japanese or Chinese countries. There has been very little work done in the field of productivity in Indian context. The aim of this research is to fill this gap.