Dr Arsalan Najmi
- Lecturer
Biography
Dr Arsalan Najmi is associated with Sunway Business School as a Lecturer in the Department of Management. He holds PhD in Supply Chain Management from Faculty of Business and Economics of Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He is also a Gold Medallist in Master’s in Business Administration from IQRA University-Pakistan. He started his professional career as an Entrepreneur in a Wholesale and Retail Business in an I.T. Industry in 2006. Since then, he has a keen interest on the role of End-Consumers in the Supply Chain and the other issues pertaining to contemporary supply chain settings and management. His current research is focused on issues related to Halal Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption, and Reverse Logistics. He has published several research articles in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Indexed Journals including Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management; British Food Journal; Operations Management Research; Resources, Conservation and Recycling; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management; Journal of Islamic Marketing and others.
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- PhD Supply Chain Management, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, 2022
- Master of Business Administration (Supply Chain Management), IQRA University, Pakistan, 2014
- Bachelor of Commerce (B.com), The University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2009
Research Interests
- Halal Supply Chain
- Reverse Logistics
- Green Supply Chain Management
- Sustainable Supply Chain
- Closed-Loop Supply Chain
- Sustainable Consumption
Teaching Areas
- Supply Chain management
- Operations Management
Courses Taught
- Supply Chain Management
- Operations Management
- Final Year Project
Notable Publications
Najmi, A., Kanapathy, K., & Aziz, A. A. . A pathway to involve consumers for exchanging electronic waste: A deep learning integration of Structural Equation Modelling and Artificial Neural Network. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. (ISI- IF= 2.863/ Scopus-Indexed)
Najmi, A., Hafeez, A., Piprani, A.Z., Ahmed, W. . Understanding the role of Organization Culture and Supply Chain Integration in Supply Chain Performance. International Journal of Advanced Operations Management. (Accepted; Scopus-Indexed)
Najmi, A., Kanapathy, K., & Aziz, A. A. . Exploring consumer participation in environment management: Findings from two‐staged structural equation modelling‐artificial neural network approach. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 28(1), 184-195. (ISI-IF= 8.741 / Scopus-Indexed)
Razzaq, A., Sharif, A., Najmi, A., Tseng, M. L., & Lim, M. K. . Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 166, 105372. (ISI / Scopus-Indexed)
Najmi, A., Kanapathy, K., & Aziz, A. A. . Understanding consumer participation in managing ICT waste: Findings from two-staged Structural Equation Modeling–Artificial Neural Network approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(12), 14782-14796. (ISI-IF= 4.223 / Scopus-Indexed)
Najmi, A., Ali, S. F., Ahmed, W., Kanapathy, K., & Aziz, A. A. . Understanding the role of service attributes in consumer small retailer relationships: findings from Pakistan. International Journal of Management Practice, 14(2), 198-216. (Scopus-Indexed)
Ma, Y., Naqvi, B., & Najmi, A. . Impact of energy efficiency, technology innovation, trade openness and institutional quality on greenhouse gas emissions in ten ASIAN economies. ICEEE’: International Conference on Economics, Energy and Environment, Turkey.
Kanapathy, K., & Aziz, A. A., Najmi, A. . Industry 4.0 and its Enablers and Barriers: A Systematic and Bibliometric Review of Literature. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. (Accepted; Scopus-Indexed)
Baig, H., Ahmed, W., Najmi, A. . Understanding influence of supply chain collaboration on innovation-based market performance. International Journal of Innovation Science. (Accepted; ISI / Scopus-Indexed)
Ahmed, W., Najmi, A., & Khan, F. . Examining the impact of Institutional Pressures and Green Supply Chain Practices on Firm Performance. Management of Environmental Quality. (Accepted). (ISI / Scopus-Indexed)
Huma, S., Ahmed, W., & Najmi, A. . Understanding the impact of supply-side decisions and practices on supply risk management. Benchmarking: An International Journal 27 (5), 1769-1792. (ISI / Scopus-Indexed)
Ahmed, W., Najmi, A., & Ikram, M. . Steering firm performance through innovative capabilities: A contingency approach to innovation management. Technology in Society, 63, 101385. (ISI / Scopus-Indexed)
Achievements & Accolades
Most Cited Paper Award , Published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling142, 49-58. Elsevier (International).
Highly Commended Paper in The Emerald Literati Awards, Published in British Food Journal, 121 (2), 492-504. Emerald Group Publishing, 2020, (International).
Highly Commended Paper in The Emerald Literati Awards, Published in Management of Environmental Quality, 29 (4), 740-758. Emerald Group Publishing, 2019, (International).
Awarded GOLD MEDAL for achieving highest CGPA in MBA Program in entire campuses of IQRA University in Pakistan.
Awarded merit-based Scholarship throughout the MBA by the IQRA University.
