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Overview

Azlan Amran is affiliated with Universiti Sains Malaysia in Malaysia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with 112 publications in this area.

Their research emphasizes several subfields including:

  • Strategy and Management
  • Marketing
  • Accounting
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

They focus on topics that address contemporary business and sustainability challenges, particularly:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Digital Transformation in Industry

Azlan Amran has contributed to a range of recent papers with a focus on Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies, sustainability, and innovation within manufacturing and technology sectors. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Drivers and barriers of Industry 4.0 technology adoption among manufacturing SMEs: a systematic review and transformation roadmap" (2022), Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
  • "Behind the definition of Industry 5.0: a systematic review of technologies, principles, components, and values" (2023), Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
  • "Eco-innovation practices and sustainable business performance: The moderating effect of market turbulence in the Malaysian technology industry" (2020), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Industry 5.0 implications for inclusive sustainable manufacturing: An evidence-knowledge-based strategic roadmap" (2023), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Actions and approaches for enabling Industry 5.0-driven sustainable industrial transformation: A strategy roadmap" (2022), Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

The frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Munir A. Abbasi, Fathyah Hashim, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mohammad Iranmanesh, and Syed Asim Ali Bukhari.

Azlan Amran regularly publishes in several academic journals such as:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • International Journal of Ethics and Systems
  • Journal of Governance and Integrity
  • The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Best Publications

  • The Influence of Governance Structure and Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Toward Sustainability Reporting Quality

    Azlan Amran;Shiau Ping Lee;S. Susela Devi

  • Risk reporting: An exploratory study on risk management disclosure in Malaysian annual reports

    Azlan Amran;Abdul Manaf Rosli Bin;Bin Che Haat Mohd Hassan

  • The Impact of Government and Foreign Affiliate Influence on Corporate Social Reporting: the case of Malaysia

    Azlan Amran;S. Susela Devi

  • Linking Green Human Resource Management Practices to Environmental Performance in Hotel Industry

    Yusmani Mohd Yusoff;Mehran Nejati;Daisy Mui Hung Kee;Azlan Amran

  • Evidence in development of sustainability reporting: a case of a developing country

    Azlan Amran;Roszaini Haniffa

  • Revisiting the practices of corporate social and environmental disclosure in Bangladesh

    Farid Ahammad Sobhani;Azlan Amran;Yuserrie Zainuddin

  • Drivers and barriers of Industry 4.0 technology adoption among manufacturing SMEs: a systematic review and transformation roadmap

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  • Sustainability disclosure in annual reports and websites: a study of the banking industry in Bangladesh☆

    Farid Ahammad Sobhani;Azlan Amran;Yuserrie Zainuddin

  • The Stakeholder Approach: A Sustainability Perspective

    Don Clifton;Azlan Amran

  • Behind the definition of Industry 5.0: a systematic review of technologies, principles, components, and values

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  • Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review on Definitions, Core Characteristics and Theoretical Perspectives

    Aminu Ahmadu Hamidu;Harashid Md Haron;Azlan Amran

  • Actions and approaches for enabling Industry 5.0‐driven sustainable industrial transformation: A strategy roadmap

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  • Industry 5.0 implications for inclusive sustainable manufacturing: An evidence-knowledge-based strategic roadmap

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  • Social responsibility disclosure in Islamic banks: a comparative study of Indonesia and Malaysia

    Azlan Amran;Hasan Fauzi;Yadi Purwanto;Faizah Darus

  • Eco-innovation practices and sustainable business performance: The moderating effect of market turbulence in the Malaysian technology industry

    Phey-Chen Ch’ng;Jeffrey Cheah;Azlan Amran

  • Determinants of Climate Change Disclosure by Developed and Emerging Countries in Asia Pacific

    Azlan Amran;Vinod Periasamy;Abdul Hadi Zulkafli

  • Supporting entrepreneurial business success at the base of pyramid through entrepreneurial competencies

    Syed Abidur Rahman;Azlan Amran;Noor Hazlina Ahmad;Seyedeh Khadijeh Taghizadeh

  • Big data analytics capability for improved performance of higher education institutions in the Era of IR 4.0: A multi-analytical SEM & ANN perspective.

    Mohamed Azlan Ashaari;Karpal Singh Dara Singh;Ghazanfar Ali Abbasi;Azlan Amran

  • Sustainability reporting: meeting stakeholder demands

    Azlan Amran;Say Keat Ooi

  • The functional role of entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial bricolage in ensuring sustainable entrepreneurship

    Ho Chea Hooi;Noor Hazlina Ahmad;Azlan Amran;Syed Abidur Rahman

  • Corporate social reporting in Malaysia: a case of mimicking the West or succumbing to local pressure

    Azlan Amran;A.K. Siti‐Nabiha

  • Corporate social responsibility and SMEs: exploratory study on motivations from a Malaysian perspective

    Mehran Nejati;Azlan Amran

  • Proposed the pricing model as an alternative Islamic benchmark

    Essia Ries Ahmed;Aminul Islam;Tariq Tawfeeq Yousif Alabdullah;Azlan bin Amran

  • Corporate Social Reporting in Malaysia: an institutional perspective

    Azlan Bin Amran;S. Susela Devi

  • Green Innovation Adoption among Logistics Service Providers in Malaysia: An Exploratory Study on the Managers’ Perceptions

    Suhaiza Zailani;Azlan Amran;Herina Jumadi

  • Business Strategy for Climate Change: An ASEAN Perspective

    Azlan Amran;Say Keat Ooi;Cheng Yew Wong;Fathyah Hashim

Frequent Co-Authors

Noor Hazlina Ahmad
Noor Hazlina Ahmad Universiti Sains Malaysia
Ali Quazi
Ali Quazi University of Canberra
Mohammad Iranmanesh
Mohammad Iranmanesh Taylor's University
Ashkan Hafezalkotob
Ashkan Hafezalkotob La Trobe University
Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas
Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas University of Granada
Kannan Govindan
Kannan Govindan University of Adelaide

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