Shahryar Sorooshian

• PhD
• Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah

Committing to sustainability in all its dimensions is crucial in port operations. This commitment enhances stakeholder perceptions and supports branding efforts that integrate sustainability strategies. Sustainable branding is increasingly critical for all industries seeking a competitive advantage in global trade; thus, this research aims to const...

This study explores and elucidates the phenomenon of indifference in theorizing within management research in Iran, highlighting the causal conditions and implications of this indifference on both the academic and practical landscapes of management. Using a qualitative grounded theory methodology, this study synthesized the data collected through i...

In all country construction projects include an enormous number of financial transactions and it’s necessary that the contracts between stakeholders should be more advanced in technology. The advance of Blockchain technology has been incontrovertible in recent years and this allowed the contracts to be programmed on Blockchain as smart contracts. T...

Purpose In international development projects, emotional and cultural intelligence have been identified empirically and theoretically as critical success factors in project performance. In this study, task interdependence mediates the relationships among emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, and project performance. Also, the psychological...

This paper proposes a novel decision-support system (DSS) to assist decision-makers in the ULTIMO project with integrating Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in Geneva, Switzerland. Specifically, it aids in selecting the best scenario for incorporating AVs into Geneva’s public transportation system. The proposed DSS is architected on a combined integrated f...

In the face of growing disruptions within the unconventional business environment, this study focuses on enhancing supply chain resilience through strategically reforming resources. It highlights the importance of understanding the dynamics and interactions of resources to tackle supply chain vulnerability (SCV) in the manufacturing sector. Employi...

Malaysia's economic prosperity is overshadowed by a concerning rate of 19 daily road fatalities. This study aimed to investigate road users' perceptions of road service quality (RSQ) and its association with road traffic accidents (RTAs) on an expressway in Malaysia. A questionnaire-based approach collected data from respondents comprising bikers,...

Modern industries use advanced technological solutions to efficiently manage waste and increase the sustainability of supply chain (SC) networks. Technologies in SC networks can achieve this by establishing a link between circular economy principles and Industry 4.0. Therefore, in this study, for the first time, a novel bi‐objective mixed‐integer l...

As indústrias de manufatura, química e de processo frequentemente empregam controladores lógicos programáveis (PLCs) em sistemas de automação industrial porque são muito eficazes e confiáveis em aplicações que exigem controle sequencial e sincronização de processos e peças auxiliares. Apesar de sua robustez, idealismo e tolerância a condições opera...

The purpose of this study is to apply Industry 4.0-based technologies to improve the management of infectious healthcare waste considering location-routing problem and population risk under uncertainty. To achieve this, a decision support system is developed and implemented utilizing a bi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model. The...

Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, known collectively as extended realities (XR), have the potential to transform businesses but research service is required. This report explores the productivity of XR-related in business research. This paper has enhanced the traditional bibliometric approach by integrating it with a mathematical supplement, E...

The global expansion of healthcare facilities has resulted in increased levels of infectious-hazardous waste, posing serious threats to the environment and public health. Existing waste management systems can become overwhelmed during health crises, such as epidemics or natural disasters, exacerbating the problem. This study formulates a mixed-inte...

Socially responsible procurement includes diversity and inclusion, and many companies have found diverse sourcing plays a substantial role in their success. Supplier diversity and inclusion initiatives can significantly impact innovation, reputation, employee engagement, and organizational retention. This paper presents a novel fuzzy general best–w...

DEBATE In 1964, the term One Health was coined to emphasize the significance of integrating human and animal health in a unified framework. However, since then, there has been limited attention on implementing the One Health principles in real-world scenarios, assessing its effectiveness, and making necessary enhancements. Despite significant advan...

Railway infrastructure is generally classified as either fixed or movable infrastructure assets. Failure in any of the assets could lead to the complete shutdown and disruption of the entire system, economic loss, inconvenience to passengers and the train operating company(s), and can sometimes result in death or injury in the event of the derailme...

Managing a scientific journal is a critical and challenging service for academics and practitioners. There must be a way for journal editors to gain a clear picture of their publication’s performance and gain insight into how they can make improvements to expand the journal’s impact. Knowing the journal’s performance and its leading contribution to...

Water distribution networks are complex systems that aid in the delivery of water to residential and non-residential areas. However, the networks can be affected by different types of faults, which could lead to the wastage of treated water. As such, there is a need to develop a reliable leakage detection and localization system that can detect lea...

Purpose This study aims to assess the response of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to cleaner production and environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on identifying the leading countries and research networks driving these efforts. Design/methodology/approach A benchmarking academic journal was chosen, and the journal’...

Background: Sustainable development is often defined as the process of change by which the current needs of society are without hindering the capacity of future generations to meet their needs. Hospitals and medical centers are among the most vital organizations in any society and are among the largest consumers of water and energy and producers of...

Proper water resource management is essential for maintaining a sustainable supply chain and meeting water demand. The urgent need to preserve river ecosystems by sustaining environmental flow (EF) in the realm of environmental management has been highlighted by the drastic changes to river ecosystems and upstream flow dynamics brought about by car...

The study unfolds with an acknowledgment of the extensive exploration of TRIZ components, spanning a solid philosophy, quantitative and inductive methods, and practical tools, over the years. While the adoption of Semantic TRIZ (S-TRIZ) in high-tech industries for system development, innovation, and production has increased, the application of AI t...

Circular supplier evaluation aims at selecting the most suitable suppliers with zero waste. Sustainable circular supplier selection also considers socio-economic and environmental factors in the decision process. This study proposes an integrated method for evaluating sustainable suppliers in intelligent circular supply chains using fuzzy inference...

Manufacturing relies heavily on the physical presence of human resources, and disease outbreaks that force separation, such as: COVID-19, harm output. As a solution to the problem, this paper proposes a new Hybrid Multi-criteria Decision-making (H-MCDM) model based on the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Weighted Geometric (IFWG) operator, the Intuitionistic F...

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continually improve and become more pervasive in many facets of our lives. ChatGPT is a chatbot created by OpenAI with a conversational artificial intelligence interface. Academic institutions could routinely use artificial intelligence (AI) and language models like ChatGPT, with an increasing ran...

The success of an organization hinges upon the effective utilization of its human resources, which serves as a crucial developmental factor and competitive advantage, and sets the organization apart from others. Evaluating staff productivity involves considering various dimensions, notably structural, behavioral, and circumferential factors. These...

Designing and developing sustainable circular supply chain networks for electric vehicle (EV) lithium‐ion battery recycling and production requires complex environmental sustainability and economic viability assessment. EVs use a lot of data for battery management and delivering optimum performance, and the Internet of Things (IoT) plays a major ro...

This study looks at the impact of contingency theory on sustainable innovation in Malaysian manufacturing firms. A quantitative approach was used, with convenience sampling to select participants from a target population of Malaysian manufacturing employees. An online survey distributed via email was used to collect 101 sets of data for the study....

Faults in this sensor must be detected on time to ensure the functionality of the entire system’s architecture and to maintain system balance, which will keep false positive rates low during the system’s operational period. False positives reduce diagnostic confidence and necessitate unnecessary and costly mitigation actions, lowering system produc...

In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in environmental awareness, due to concerns about sustainability. Designing an efficient supply chain network that fulfills the expectation of both business owners and customers and, at the same time, pays attention to environmental protection is becoming a trend in the commercial world. This st...

scientific research is expanding at an astounding rate, introducing new and compounding existing challenges and exacerbating those that already exist with regard to peer review quality, scholarly publishing and the emergence of predatory journals, and challenges with academic integrity and frauds in publication. To address this problem, this articl...

Background: The expansion of oil palm agriculture across the nations, especially in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, is growing at exacerbated levels. However, there is still a lack of awareness of the environmental, social, and economic challenges among the sector, ranging from the combination of ecological, economic, and ecosystem sustai...

Despite the widespread use of interpretive structural modeling (ISM) in business research, little is known about its overall scientific productivity and impact on business research. This study presents a comprehensive review of the published ISM research and its latest editions in business using text mining. A two-tier review (narrative and systema...

The Pakistani banking sector has shown tremendous growth in the last two decades and witnessed strategic reforms including the implementation of Basel regulations. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of Basel capital regulations on the various proxies of the financial performance of the Pakistani commercial banks. This study us...

Multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) techniques constitute a practical approach for solving complex problems involving multiple and often conflicting criteria. Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is a popular MADM technique with both admirers and critics. This study presents a comprehensive review of DEMATEL through bibli...

With scientometric and archived data analysis, this short report tries to investigate archives of journals versus their defined aims and scope. Hence, case explorations of two journals performed by mapping their collection which resulted in a strategic evaluation of the journals' shortcomings. A suggestion, with this short report, is presented to t...

Despite the potential benefits of family relationships and family events, insufficient studies have been undertaken to address how to overcome their obstacles. So, the main objective of this paper is to present a systematic model for prioritizing family members in response to standing limitations on family relationships. For this, the chosen method...

Purpose The purpose of the study is to assess the project leader's role in normal and new normal situations. This study aims to investigate the project leadership role in unforeseen situations and the new normal situations. Design/methodology/approach The review is based on the content and contextual analysis. Most of the information was covered i...

In practice, R&D in public organizations in developing countries is confronted with a variety of failures related to supporting management disciplines. The primary goal of this study is to address this issue through multiple-criteria decision making, which includes the DANP (DEMATEL-based ANP) approach. The DANP approach helps to resolve the classi...

The present case study-based research provides insights of the current packaging practices with a supply chain perspective and proposed sustainable packaging options that would cut down the environmental impact from supply chain operations at Midas Safety. The case study is based on qualitative research that used semi-structured open-ended intervie...

Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) has the potential to significantly improve manufacturing performance and boost competitiveness in the global market. Investment in AMT remains a promising but potentially risky venture due to the numerous factors that must be considered before the full benefits of implementing a new technology can be realized...

Trend of Engineering system evolution (TESE) is a popular tool in the theory of inventive problem-solving (TRIZ). Because it is applicable in various domains, it has been extensively used in practical projects to develop engineering products and forecast new technologies. However, although its generic pattern makes it a versatile tool for inventing...

Benefit management is a valuable approach, promoted and supported by strategic management for maximizing organizational benefits. It has also been recognized as a means of improving project performance, though more research is needed to understand how it works. This research adds to the contemporary literature on public sector project management by...

Multiple Criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches are required for complex issue resolution. However, it is debatable whether MCDMs applicability will be able to stay within the analytical possibilities for dealing with divorce issues. As a result, one of the newly introduced MCDMs Weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS), is chosen fo...

Last-mile delivery (LMD) is essential in supply chains, and providers of logistics services are aware that they must adapt to changing customer and society expectations, competition challenges, and modern technologies. In light of the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern technologies, this article employed a narrative literature rev...

The current research examines the impact of four independent diversity variables, gender, age, educational background, and ethnicity, on the moderating role of diversity beliefs and the mediating role of leadership expertise to measure organisational performance in Pakistan. A self-administered questionnaire using a 6-point Likert scale approach wa...

The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) is important in neurological pathology for appropriate medical therapy. Algorithms based on decision tree induction (DTI) have been widely used for diagnosing PD through biomedical voice disorders. However, DTI for PD diagnosis is based on a greedy search algorithm which causes overfitting and inferior solu...

The underlying risks and complexities in government infrastructure projects have increased the importance of external stakeholder management in contemporary project management. In developing countries, it is also important for policymaking and planning of infrastructure programs due to the varying nature of stakeholders and their expectations from...

Many industries and systems have faced consequences as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this time, we are happy to had the publication of a Special Issue of Applied System Innovation titled “Systems and Industries in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis”. This editorial article contains the special issue’s closing remarks. However, while the scope...

The global vaccination program provides hope for ending the present worldwide pandemic. Due to the current pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines must be delivered and administered to communities once supplies are available. However, there are significant challenges in the sourcing, allocation, distribution, and uptake of vaccinations. A successful vaccinatio...

In this study, a procedure to overcome analytical hierarchical process (AHP) limitations was developed and tested, and a tool created via pairwise comparison chart and weighted sum method hybridization was introduced. In addition, a multicriteria decision-making software was selected to validate the constructed hybrid decision-making tool. The soft...

The medical sector is one of the service sectors whose core value is based on quality services. However, maintaining quality within healthcare settings is a complicated task. Medical innovations and quality care are critical in the current market environment, thus creating a strong rivalry between service providers. For this reason, healthcare cent...

Background: As the Internet of Things (IoT) has become more prevalent in recent years, digital twins have attracted a lot of attention. A digital twin is a virtual representation that replicates a physical object or process over a period of time. These tools directly assist in reducing the manufacturing and supply chain lead time to produce a lean,...

Background: Digital and smart supply chains are reforming the food chain to help eliminate waste, improve food safety, and reduce the possibility of a global food catastrophe. The globe currently faces numerous food-related issues, ranging from a lack of biodiversity to excessive waste, and from ill health caused by excessive consumption to widespr...

This short communication explains the need for a clear method for the selection of COVID-19 quarantine hotels. It also lists available systematic methods that are usable for this aim.

The recent technological inclusions in supply chains are encouraging practitioners to continuously rethink and redesign these supply chains. Organizations are trying to implement sustainable manufacturing and supply chain practices to utilize their resources to the full extent in order to gain a competitive advantage. Circular supply chain manageme...

The supply chains that make up the distribution networks are becoming more diverse as companies respond to global markets’ rigorous demands. Today, the immediate need for sustainable growth is to design, manufacture, and deliver the right product to experience drastic improvements in the right place, at the right price, and at the right time. As a...

Tourism provides many advantages for Sweden and the whole world, as well as its travelers. Since almost all types of tourism are currently in crisis as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology is expected to play a role, not only during the crisis but also in the post-COVID-19 era. Thus, with no expectatio...

Climate change has arisen as one of human beings' most significant threats. A higher proportion of carbon dioxide emissions are produced from developing countries as manufacturing globalization requires more and more emerging nations. The predicament between carbon reduction and fast industrial development makes firms in developing countries reluct...

Two shortcomings of existing multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) approaches are presented in this paper. The problems were decision makers' (experts'c:\) dynamic level of experience in certain areas, as well as the difficulties of forecasting the future with the existing MADM techniques. A solution is also proposed to overcome the issues. • Two...

The supply chains shaping their distribution networks become more diverse as companies respond to global markets’ stringent criteria. This is also counterproductive to the visibility of the supply chain within the company and can adversely affect the organization’s core business. This paper attempts to evaluate how organizations can benefit from in...

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This paper explicitly clarifies an employee’s goal to voluntarily stay in his/her current employment. A large volume of research has concentrated on corporate environments on the causes of workforce turnover. Nevertheless, little was done to investigate workers’ desire to remain, which was the essential parameter in determining their stay in the co...

This literature review presents a number of motives and opportunities for Supply Chain 4.0 transition with underlying pillars in focus that are IoT, AI, big data, and blockchain technology. All technologies and systems are described briefly concerning the existing literature, with an extensive focus on blockchain technology. It becomes apparent tha...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is seen as a way to enhance knowledge collection in the construction sector. Although the theoretical benefits of ICT implementation have been clarified, realizing such benefits is insufficient. This paper attempted a systematic analysis of the literature using ATLAS.ti 9 software to save, identify, an...

Today’s business leaders are increasingly forced to make quick and precise decisions. Making decisions is at the core of management. To make the correct and rational decisions, a manager has to gather as much information as possible to be able to choose from various options and their imaginable consequences. In the vital organizations such as, heal...

The leap of technology has led to a paradigm shift called the “industrial revolution”. Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution which implemented the philosophy of cyber-physical systems, internet and future-oriented technologies, and smart systems with promoted human-machine interaction paradigms. The emergence of Industry 4.0 was introduc...

The long-run relationship between interest, unemployment and inflation rates and economic growth in ASEAN countries has been neglected for decades. Such a disregard is surprising because these macroeconomic factors affect capital and investment costs. Using secondary panel data gathered from the World Bank database, we investigate the long-run rela...

This is a short letter on how the peer review process of many journals is being abused by some sham authors. While it would be difficult for the journals to identify and eliminate manuscripts that are not submitted with a sincere intention to publish, the universities and learning institutions should develop code of ethics to prevent their staff fr...

The primary aim of this article is to review industrial revolutions. It reveals that the industry 4.0 interconnected with product designs. This article, by reviewing the existing online information, explains that with the help of industrial revolution, worthy product can be designed and produced. Nowadays, in industry 4.0, people should get design...

The reverse supply chain has gained increased attention across industries due to the high product return rates. Many strategic and economic benefits can be reaped by efficiently managing the reverse supply chain, such as; cost reduction and enhanced environmental performance. Despite the acknowledgement of the available advantages that can be reape...

The world has witnessed corporate scandals of monstrosity magnitude. The Enron Scandal, the Nike Sweatshop scandal and the recent Johnson and Johnson baby talc in 2018 are some dishonors that reshaped the business world and reinvigorated the importance of business ethics. Indeed, supranational and national movements such as the Global Reporting Ini...