Manufacturing Cities Research Articles

Nexus of green human resource management and sustainable corporate performance: the mediating roles of green behavior and green commitment

PurposeThe driving force behind this study is the need to learn more about the ways in which green human resource management (GHRM) can impact sustainable corporate performance (SCP), especially in the context of Ho Chi Minh City's manufacturing sector. The primary objective is to analyze the roles of GHRM, green behavior (GBH) and green commitment (GCM) in relation to SCP, as well as identify the mediating roles of green behavior and green commitment in the relationship between GHRM and SCP.Design/methodology/approachThe research design employs a quantitative approach to investigate the nexus of GHRM and SCP, with a focus on the manufacturing sector in Ho Chi Minh City. Methodologically, the study integrates the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) and resource-based view (RBV) frameworks to construct a comprehensive theoretical model. Data are gathered from a sample comprising 322 senior managers and directors representing various enterprises. Analysis is conducted utilizing Smart PLS software version 3.3.7, employing partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess both first-level and second-level variables in a two-step process.FindingsThe empirical findings underscore significant relationships between GHRM, green behavior, green commitment and SCP. Specifically, the study reveals that GHRM positively influences green behavior, green commitment and SCP. Additionally, both green behavior and green commitment exhibit positive effects on SCP. Furthermore, the research confirms the pivotal mediating roles of green behavior and green commitment in the relationship between GHRM and SCP.Originality/valueIn terms of originality and value, this study makes notable contributions to both theoretical understanding and practical implications in the field of sustainable business management. By delving into the intricate interplay between GHRM, green behavior, green commitment and SCP, this research extends existing knowledge and offers novel insights. Moreover, the identification of the mediating roles of green behavior and green commitment enriches the theoretical frameworks in this domain. The findings provide practical implications for businesses, particularly in Ho Chi Minh City's manufacturing sector, by emphasizing the significance of optimizing human resource practices for achieving sustainable development goals. This research thus contributes to enhancing competitiveness and sustainability in similar industries, offering valuable guidance for strategic decision-making and policy formulation.

Study on the Adaptability of Specialty Construction of Chongqing Higher Education Institutions to the Development of "33618" Modern Manufacturing Cluster System

This paper takes the industrial development of 33618 modern manufacturing clusters in Chongqing Municipality as the actual background as the basis. The purpose of this paper is to study the adaptability of the construction of higher education institutions and the development of "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system, analyze the degree of match between the current higher education institutions' professional settings and the development needs of the manufacturing industry, and put forward corresponding optimization proposals. Through this research, we can more deeply understand the development status and future trends of the city's manufacturing industry, to further promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry to provide strong support. The study firstly elaborates the development overview of modern manufacturing industry in Chongqing, combines the development of 33618 modern manufacturing cluster system, and constructs the development model of professional construction applicable to the current economic background. Secondly, through questionnaire survey, interviews and policy text analysis, multi-source data including teachers, students, enterprises and relevant government document statements were collected to ensure the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the research results. The study found that: educational institutions with high technology acceptance are more capable of attracting and cultivating students with innovative spirit and practical ability; effective allocation of resources directly affects the quality of teaching and the enhancement of students' ability; the implementation of teaching reforms can significantly enhance the responsiveness of education and the level of market orientation; and the in-depth promotion of the integration of industry and education is conducive to the accumulation of students' practical experience and the enhancement of their employment competition. In summary, the construction of e-commerce in colleges and universities should comply with the general trend of digital transformation, innovative educational concepts and teaching models, and strengthen cooperation with the industry in order to better adapt to and lead the needs of future e-commerce development. The research results of this paper expand the theoretical vision of 33168 modern manufacturing cluster system development research, and provide experience exploration and practical guidance for the construction of modern manufacturing industry in Chongqing and even the whole country, the new requirements for university professional construction and talent training, collaborate with industry information technology, education, science and technology, human resources and other relevant departments to promote the innovation of manufacturing high-quality development of talent training system, and promote the integration of "industry chain, innovation chain, talent chain, capital chain" depth.

Give me Łódź: Jewish communal life in a Polish manufacturing city

ABSTRACT This article explores the development of the Jewish community of Łódź, Poland alongside changes in the city as a whole. From a small town at the start of the 19th century, it became a major hub for textile factories, urban labor, and intercultural encounters by the end of the century. Jews experienced and contributed to the changes as workers, factory owners, and chroniclers. The article will examine how aspects related to Łódź’s character and evolution contributed to the wartime and postwar experiences of Jews there, arguing that the city provides a unique and important perspective on modern Jewish history.

Research on Talent Sharing Empowering Changzhou to Build an Internationally Renowned Intelligent Manufacturing City and Breaking the Bottleneck of High-End Talents

Research on Talent Sharing Empowering Changzhou to Build an Internationally Renowned Intelligent Manufacturing City and Breaking the Bottleneck of High-End Talents

Spatial restructuring of pollution-intensive enterprises in Foshan China: Effects of the changing role of environmental regulation

This paper examines the drivers of distribution of pollution-intensive enterprises (PIEs) at the intraurban level that are less studied. Employing the complete spatial database of PIEs obtained from the National Economic Census of 2004, 2008, and 2013, the paper analyses the spatial restructuring of PIEs within Foshan, China, a typical manufacturing city in transition. We find that the changing role of environmental regulation induced by the environmental policy regime transformation has resulted in the siting strategy shift of PIEs, and both the ‘Pollution Haven Hypothesis’ and the ‘Porter Hypothesis’ have been overly simplified in the research conducted at the regional or global level. Based on the Foshan case, we further conceptualize the pattern of spatial restructuring of PIEs that would help to understand the fast green economy transition taking place in Chinese cities, followed by some policy and research implications.

The Practical Experience of “Zero Waste City” Construction in Foshan City Condenses the Chinese Solution to the Sustainable Development Goals

“Zero Waste City” (ZWC) is an urban development model that minimizes the environmental impact of solid waste at the city level and is a specific practice of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper aims to summarize the key points for realizing the construction of ZWC and the SDGs and make suggestions for promoting the construction of ZWC and forming a Chinese solution for the SDGs. It takes Foshan City, one of the second batch of ZWC pilot projects, as a case study, analyzes the relationship between the construction of ZWC and sustainable urban development from the relevance of the ZWC index system in Foshan City and the SDGs, and analyzes the foundation and problems of its ZWC construction in adjusting the industrial structure and improving the protection system. We find that the concept of the ZWC index system in Foshan City and the SDGs are consistent in the objectives of solid waste, resource utilization, management, sustainability, and multi-stakeholder partnerships. The construction of ZWC in Foshan City is built through two intertwined paths by (1) adjusting the industrial structure of solid waste generation areas such as industrial waste, domestic waste, agricultural solid waste, and hazardous waste and promoting the refinement of the whole industrial chain in these fields and (2) improving the institutional, technical, market, regulatory and other protection systems in the solid waste generation fields. This paper condenses the construction of ZWC in Foshan as a Chinese solution for SDGs, providing a practical example of sustainable transformation for other manufacturing cities, with implications for both China and other manufacturing-oriented cities.

Analysis of Residential Satisfaction Changes by the Land Bank Program Using Text Mining

Many American manufacturing cities have experienced depopulation and economic downturns over the past five decades, and various revitalization strategies have been suggested to overcome the decline issue—ranging from redevelopment to smart decline. However, while most land bank-related studies have focused on socioeconomic dynamics (income levels, unemployment rate, etc.) through the program, there is a lack of direct research on residential satisfaction changes. Additionally, surveys were frequently used in previous studies to evaluate residential satisfaction; however, this method has disadvantages, including constraints on time and cost, and the inability to take into account external factors that may affect residential satisfaction. Furthermore, most studies on urban decline have focused primarily on declining factors, and there have been few investigations into how cities change as urban regeneration strategies advance. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to identify the influence of the land bank program on residential satisfaction by using Twitter data. Approximately 300,000 Twitter posts containing location information generated within the city of Detroit were collected to determine the degree of sensitivity to each tweet and categorized into positive and negative emotions to determine the relationship between residential satisfaction and the land bank program. As a result, the increase in homeownership, built year, house value, and the number of land banking sold properties were found to have a negative effect on neighborhood satisfaction in Detroit. Although the research results indicated that while the land bank program did not significantly improve residential satisfaction in Detroit, it has made a partial contribution to improving living standards. These findings emphasize the importance of enhancing residential satisfaction and suggest the need for policy change. In response to the problem of urban contraction, it seems that indiscriminately distributing houses is not the only solution to prevent urban shrinkage. Furthermore, this study shows meaningful results on text mining and provides the possibility of developing research using social network services.

Immigrant Birds

Immigrant Birds

Long-Term and Seasonal Changes in Sources of Urban Atmospheric Particulates in the Western Pacific

To reduce atmospheric pollutants, the sources need to be identified. To this end, combustion-derived particulates (Pc) in atmospheric suspended particulate matter (TSP) in ten Western Pacific cities from 1997 to 2018 were analyzed using the NP method, which we have recently developed. The method separates Pc into particulates originating from high-temperature (Ph) and low-temperature (Pl) combustion sources. Using this method, ten cities in the Asia-Pacific region were separated into three classes. Class 1: commercial cities whose major contributor to Pc was from vehicles, and which showed lower [Pc] values with larger [Ph]/[Pc] ratios. Sapporo, Kanazawa, Tokyo, Sagamihara (Japan), Shanghai (China), and Busan (Korea) were contained in this class. Class 2: cities whose main source of Pc was from coal heating, and which showed much higher winter [Pc] with larger [Pl]/[Pc] ratios. Beijing, Shenyang (China), and Vladivostok (Russia) were contained in this class. Class 3: steel manufacturing city which showed lower [Pc] with larger [Pl]/[Pc] ratio. The low [Pc] appeared to be due to elimination of Pl from coke oven plants. Only Kitakyushu was contained in this class. This study has elucidated the contribution of sources to urban atmospheric TSP in the Western Pacific that was previously unknown. Overall [Pc] was decreasing in this region, mainly due to the decreasing contribution of vehicles to Pc, but not due to a decrease in coal combustion.

Monitoring Rainwater Properties and Outdoor Particulate Matter in a Former Steel Manufacturing City in Romania

Wet deposition is influencing air quality because air pollutants are washed away from the surrounding air. Consequently, particulate matter and associated compounds are transported in the rainwater and enter into soil, surface waters, and groundwater. Nonpoint sources of heavy metals from stormwater runoff have increased in urban areas due to industrialization and the increasing impervious surfaces. In this work, we present an assessment of the rainwater composition regarding the nutrients and other physicochemical characteristics measured in three locations selected in Targoviste city, Romania, a city that had a specialized steel factory and important metallurgical facilities. The rainwater was collected using three PALMEX rain samplers and then was transferred to high-density polyethylene bottles and analyzed using ICP-MS. PM2.5 concentrations were also monitored continuously using optical monitors calibrated using a gravimetric sampler. A detailed analysis of the heavy metals content in rainwater and PM was presented for the pollution episodes occurring in October and November 2019. Backward trajectories were computed using the HYSPLIT model for these periods. The results showed that the PM2.5 ranged from 11.1 to 24.1 μg/m3 in 2019, while the heavy metals in collected rainwater were (µg L−1): 0.25 (Cd) − CV = 26.5%, 0.10 (Co) − CV = 58.1%, 1.77 (Cr) − CV = 24.3%, 377.37 (Ni) − CV = 27.9%, 0.67 (Pb) − CV = 74.3%, and 846.5 (Zn) − CV = 20.6%. Overall, Ni, Pb, Cr, and V had significant correlations between the concentrations from rainwater and PM. Negative associations were found between precipitation events and heavy metals both from rainwater and PM, but only a few showed statistical significance. However, this could explain the “washing” effect of the rain on the heavy metals from PM2.5. The potential sources of nitrogen in the rainwater collected in Targoviste could be from burning fossil fuels and the soils, including both biological processes and fertilization resulting from the intensive agriculture in the piedmont plain in which the city is located. Based on the results, rainwater monitoring can constitute a reliable method for air quality characterization. Additional research is required to better understand seasonality and sources of heterogeneity regarding the associations between PM and rainwater composition.

Ozone control strategies for local formation- and regional transport-dominant scenarios in a manufacturing city in southern China

Given the leveling off of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ground-level ozone (O3) pollution has become one of the most significant atmospheric pollution issues in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in China, especially in the manufacturing city of Dongguan, which faces more severe O3 pollution. The development of strategies to control O3 precursor emissions, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxide (NOx), depends to a large extent on the source region of the O3 pollution. In this study, by combining the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem), the Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach (EKMA), and the Flexible Particle model (FLEXPART), more effective strategies of controlling O3 precursor emissions were identified under two typical types of O3 pollution episodes: local formation (LF)-dominant (8–12 September 2019) and regional transport (RT)-dominant (23–27 October 2017) episodes, distinguished by the WRF-FLEXPART model. During the LF-dominant episode, the EKMA revealed that the O3 formation in Dongguan was in a transitional regime, and the abatement of solvent use-VOCs emissions in the key area of Dongguan was more effective in reducing O3 levels, with an emission reduction benefit 1.7 times that of total VOCs emission sources throughout Dongguan. With respect to the RT-dominant episode, the reduction in VOCs emissions in the local region did not effectively curb O3 pollution, although the photochemical regime of the O3 formation in Dongguan was VOCs-limited. A 50% reduction in NOx emissions in the upwind regions (parts of Guangzhou and Huizhou) effectively decreased the O3 concentration in Dongguan by 17%. The results of this study emphasize the importance of the source region of O3 pollution in the implementation of effective O3 control strategies and provide valuable insights for region-specific precursor emission policy formulation, not only in Dongguan, but also in other regions facing severe O3 pollution.

PENGARUH PENERAPAN ICT (INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY) TERHADAP SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA ORGANISASI DENGAN BUDAYA SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI

This study aims to find empirical evidence about the influence of Influence Application of ICT (Information, Communication, Technology) against the accounting information systems in improving organizational performance with culture as a moderating variable (Empirical Study on manufacturing companies in Cilegon). The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling method and obtained samples are 75 employees at the company's existing manufacturing city of Cilegon. Data were analyzed using the software Partial Least Square (PLS). Research shows that a variable scheme of ICT (Information, Communication, Technology) positive effect significantly to the accounting information system, a variable scheme of ICT have a positive influence significant in improving the performance of the organization with a culture as a moderating variable and accounting information systems have a positive influence significantly on the performance of the organization (Empirical Study on manufacturing companies in Cilegon).

Dynamic Simulation of Integrated Cleaner Production Strategies towards High Quality Development in a Heavily Air-Polluted City in China

Air-polluted cities, mostly dominated by heavy industries, are facing the dilemma of economic growth and environment deterioration. Tangshan is the largest iron and steel manufacturing city in China, and its air quality rankings belong to the worst 10 among 168 monitored cities of China in a decade. It is extremely important to adopt cleaner production strategies to facilitate high quality development. This study originally created an integrated plan (DOMCLP) to propose feasible pathways to underpin policy making by local authorities and managers from multiple perspectives. These include “Top-Down” measures—financial subsides and environmental efficiency improvement from a macro vision and industrial restructuring from a mezzo vision—and a “Bottom-Up” strategy of optimal technology selection from a micro vision. The DOMCLP simulated the environmental and economic impacts of different cleaner production strategy mixes from 2020 to 2030. Under the cleaner production scenario, which integrates all three measures, the targeted annual economic growth rate can reach 6.56% over the study period without deterioration of the air environment, and air pollutant emissions can be reduced by more than 74%. Meanwhile, the production of the iron and steel industry can achieve a 43% capacity growth, in which the intensity of SO2 and NOx can be reduced by 97 and 87%, respectively. Furthermore, upgrading the optimal air pollutant control technology is proven to be more effective than other incentive measures and calls for systematic optimization and technology choice shift from end treatment to source and process treatment in the long run. This study proves that the integrated cleaner production strategies can realize a strong decoupling effect on the scale of −5.89 to −0.58 to accomplish balanced economic development and environmental improvement in heavily air-polluted cities, which is significant as other industrial cities begin to move toward a high quality development.

Analysison the Willingness and InfluencingFactors of the Villagers to Market the Rural Collective Construction Land in Nanhai District of Guangdong Province under the Background of Transformation and Upgrading of Manufacturing Industry

By analyzing the cognition and willingness of the villagers in Nanhai district (a big manufacturing city) of guangdong province to the marketing of the rural collective operating construction land, this paper finds out the key factors of the villagers' response to the marketing of the rural collective operating construction land, and puts forward some suggestions on how to promote the villagers' response to the marketing of the rural collective operating construction land. This paper takes villagers from 7 towns in Nanhai District of Guangdong Province as the investigation objects, and effectively gets questionnaires from 596 villagers by means of random investigation. The research methods of descriptive statistics and Logistic regression model are specifically used.The villagers in Nanhai District of Guangdong Province have a strong willingness to market the rural collective operating construction land, among which 63.42% of the surveyed villagers agree to market the rural collective operating construction land, but 36.58% of the surveyed villagers still have a weak willingness. There are five key factors that affect villagers' willingness to market rural collective operating construction land: villagers' education level, agricultural dependence, annual household net income, expectation of market effect and view of market risk of agricultural land.In order to improve the willingness of the villagers in Nanhai District of Guangdong Province to enter the market of the rural collective operating construction land, the following four measures can be taken to realize it: First, to improve the villagers' education level; Second, reduce the villagers' dependence on agriculture and increase the annual net income of the villagers' families. Thirdly, the demonstration effect of entering the market should be effectively done to improve the villagers' expectation of the effect of entering the market. Fourthly, the education of popularizing the knowledge of entering the market should be strengthened to guide the villagers to correctly understand the institutional nature of entering the market of agricultural land so as to reduce the risk of entering the market of agricultural land.

Knocking on the door: policy, agency and path creation in the post-industrial city

ABSTRACT At the time of the Millennium, Nottingham, a former manufacturing city in the English Midlands, faced serious challenges as a consequence of de-industrialisation. This was the context from which a new development path based on life sciences emerged. This paper explores the role of policy interventions and the agency of local actors in this path creation process. Kingdon’s [1995. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policy. 2nd ed. New York: Longman] multiple streams framework (MSF) is used as an analytical framework through which to assess the interaction and local implementation of three related strands of national policy: regional policy, industrial policy (with an emphasis on clusters) and innovation policy and their role in the emergence of a life science cluster in the city. The case is explored with reference to the experience of other European cities that have faced similar structural challenges and sought to respond with development strategies based on life sciences.

Status, Problems and Solutions Research of Innovative Ecosystem for Advanced Manufacturing Industry in Dongguan City

Being known as the “world factory”, Dongguan city is in a high speed development period. The city not only upgrading its manufacturing industry, meanwhile, it is building the international advanced manufacturing center, which is the implementation of the "Made in Dongguan 2025". So, with relying on a greater bay area of Guangdong-HongKong-Macao strategic platform of the country, deeply develop from a "manufacturing city" to a world-class advanced manufacturing center with innovative ecosystem in manufacturing.

St. Petersburg industrial policy: Determining the factors of structural changes in industry through Shift-Share Analysis

Subject. This article examines the theoretical and practical aspects of the implementation of industrial policy and the structural transformation of the manufacturing industry in St. Petersburg. Objectives. The article aims to justify the priority of the industry-based approach to industrial policy in St. Petersburg and determine its effectiveness by highlighting the factors of structural transformation of the city's manufacturing industry using the Shift-Share Analysis method. Methods. For the study, I used logical, statistical, and factor analyses. Results. Based on shift-share analysis, the study highlights positive results of industrial policy in the development of certain industries in St. Petersburg, as well as those industries that require further development of urban industrial policy. Conclusions. Despite the fact that the industry of St. Petersburg as a whole has become more stable, problems in the development of mechanical engineering and production of computers, electronic and optical products have not yet been solved.

Multi-drivers and multi-mechanism analysis for city-level energy consumption in Suzhou based on the extended STIRPAT model

Examining the driving factors of energy consumption at city scale, is an important measure for effectively achieving energy saving and emission reduction. An extended STIRPAT model based on the classical IPAT identity is adopted to uncover the main drivers for total energy consumption in Suzhou, an important manufacturing city in China, during 2006 to 2016. The main conclusions are as follow: (1) Foreign trade, economic growth, and industrialization are the three dominant contributors to energy consumption increments. Furthermore, quite significant portion of Suzhou’s foreign trade is processing exports. The export products are mainly high-energy consumption such as electromechanical, chemical, textile, etc. The export-oriented economy is accelerating the economic growth and industrialization, and also strengthening the energy intensive regional development mode. (2) Urbanization and population size are also the main driving factors for the rapid growth of energy consumption in Suzhou. The population scale effect exhibits the urban function of absorb employment and agglomerate population in Suzhou, it also demonstrates the growing energy demands caused by population growth and the accompanying urbanization process. (3) Energy consumption intensity and energy consumption structure are the important influencing factor in curbing energy consumption in Suzhou. Energy saving effects played by energy consumption intensity are stronger than energy consumption structure. The coal-based energy consumption structure has not been changed fundamentally during the research period. Therefore, the energy saving effect of energy structure has not been fully utilized. The current and future major strategies for controlling energy consumption in Suzhou should further improve energy utilization efficiency, optimize energy consumption structure, and reduce the proportion of coal consumption.

A city-level inventory for atmospheric mercury emissions from coal combustion in China

Cities are essential entities for dedicated mercury control policies. However, the city-level mercury emission inventory as the cornerstone of proper policy design is still in its infancy, due to data availability. For the first time, this study developed a comprehensive city-level atmospheric mercury emission inventory from coal combustion in China in 2010, by updating emission factors based on high-resolution information such as the plant-specific air pollution control devices (APCDs) in 182 cities. The estimated atmospheric mercury emissions from coal combustion were 202.3 tons (−51.7%,133.6%), over half of which were concentrated in 36 cities such as Chongqing (megacity) and Ordos (heavily coal-reliant city), implying mercury emissions were unevenly distributed. Mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants with the largest coal consumption was less than that from industrial coal combustion, because more efficient APCDs were installed in power plants. This study also took GDP, the proportion of coal in energy mix and cities’ population as the benchmark to classify cities into various groups. Energy production and heavy manufacturing cities had comparatively larger emissions. Moreover, optional mitigation policies were elaborated for specific cities, such as retrofit of APCDs for coal-reliant cities (e g., Nanyang and Sanmenxia) lack of enough efficient end-of-pipe mercury removal devices.

A city-scale decomposition and decoupling analysis of carbon dioxide emissions: A case study of China

Abstract Cities consume large amounts of fossil fuels and this results in significant increase of global anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Using city-level carbon dioxide emission data from Shijiazhuang, a traditional heavy manufacturing city and one of the key cities in Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration in Northern China, this paper employs logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition method (LMDI) to explore the influence of energy intensity, consumption structure, industry structure, per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and population on Shijiazhuang's total carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 to 2016. The LMDI method is further extended to analyze the impacts of above factors at the industry-segment level. This paper finds that the reduction of energy intensity is the major contributor of decreasing carbon dioxide emissions in Shijiazhuang, whereas the growth of per capita GDP is the main driving force for emission accretion. The dominant industrial segments contributing to increasing emissions in Shijiazhuang City from 2005 to 2016, have changed from CMD (coal mining and dressing), EPSH (electric power, steam and hot water production and supply) to SPFM (smelting and pressing of ferrous metals) and PPC (petroleum processing and coking). The CMD industrial segment shows a significant carbon reducing effort and indicates a strong decoupling status. However, the SPFM and PPC respectively show expansive negative decoupling and weak decoupling status, enlightening a change in the policy focus when Shijiazhuang formulates its emission-reduction plans in the future. This study provides important policy insights for the heavy manufacturing cities in other countries with similar industrial structure, as the industry-based carbon mitigation policies should always be adjusted in different stages of the cities' development according to the change of carbon emission driving industries.