Naunthong, P., Nimsai, S., Punnakitikashem, P., & Kantabutra, S..
(2026).
Embedding Sustainability Values in Logistics and Supply Chains: Linking Organizational Culture, Practices, and Performance.
Sustainability
, 18
(11)
, Art 5496
.
Faculty Profile
Biography
With Mahidol University since 2003, Sooksan Kantabutra has been researching for ways to ensure organizational sustainability. Prior to this, he was a consultant for a global consulting firm, advising clients from a whole range of industries on leadership and change. His contributions to the pre-dominantly empirical field of sustainable development include four proposed theories: theory of organizational vision, theory of corporate sustainability, theory of organizational resilience, and theory of sustainability organizational culture. These internationally recognized theories are deeply rooted in King Rama IX of Thailand’s philosophy of Sufficiency Economy.
Guiding the development of the field, his theories and their associated research have informed research studies and are classroom materials at leading universities around the world, including America’s Ivy League universities, the UK’s Russell Group universities and Australia’s Group of Eight universities, and policies and practices at key development organizations globally such as the OECD, WHO, UNDP, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and the Stockholm Environment Institute. Given his contributions to the field, he has consistently been identified by other scholars in their reports among the top in the global sustainable development field. Kantabutra has also been included in the lists of Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists and ScholarGPS™ Top 0.05% Scholars.
His research interests include sustainable leadership, sustainable enterprise, sustainability organizational culture, sustainable social enterprise, organizational resilience and theory building. He has successfully supervised doctoral students in these areas.
Research Outputs
2026
Ketprapakorn, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2026).
Exploring relationships between sustainability vision components and their organizational impact.
Discover Sustainability
, 7
(1)
, Art. No. 541
.
Kantabutra, S., & Ketprapakorn, N..
(2026).
Exploring Sufficiency Economy Concept as a Sustainability Strategy.
Discover Sustainability
, 7
(1)
, Art. No. 488
.
Suthumdilok, P., Nimsai, S., Punnakitikashem, P., & Kantabutra, S..
(2026).
Towards a Theory of Supply Chain Resilience: An Integrative Review.
Sustainability
, 18
(5)
, Art No. 2497
.
Ratanabanangkoon, P., & Kantabutra, S..
(2026).
Toward a Systems Model of Sustainability Organizational Culture Transformation for Corruption Mitigation: A Review and Research Agenda.
Sustainable Development
, 34
(3)
, 3810–3826
.
2025
Wattanaphak, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2025).
Cultivating a corporate sustainability mindset: A model & future research.
Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
, 16
, art. No. 100247
.
2024
Kantabutra, S., & Ketprapakorn, N..
(2024).
Understanding Resilience and Sustainability in Organizations: A Cutting-Edge Framework and the Research Agenda.
Sustainability
, 16
(19)
, 8431
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198431
Kantabutra, S..
(2024).
Toward a sustainability performance management framework.
Heliyon
, 10
(13)
, e33729
.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33729
2023
Assoratgoon, W., & Kantabutra, S..
(2023).
Toward a sustainability organizational culture model.
Journal of Cleaner Production
, 400
, Article number 136666
.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136666
Winit, W., Kantabutra, S., & Kantabutra, S..
(2023).
Toward a Sustainability Brand Model: An Integrative Review.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 15
(6)
, Article number 5212
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065212
Kantabutra, S..
(2023).
What do We Know about Vision? A Sustainability Lens.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 15
(10)
, Article number 8403
.
Petison, P., & Kantabutra, S..
(2023).
A Quest for a Sustainable Social Enterprise Model: The Case of Amphawa Chaipattananurak, the Kingdom of Thailand.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 15
(1)
, Article number 326
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010326
2022
Kantabutra, S..
(2022).
Toward a System Theory of Corporate Sustainability: An Interim Struggle.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 14
(23)
, Article number 15931
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315931
Ketprapakorn, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2022).
Toward an organizational theory of sustainability culture.
Sustainable Production and Consumption
, 32
, 638–654
.
Winit, W., & Kantabutra, S..
(2022).
Enhancing the Prospect of Corporate Sustainability via Brand Equity: A Stakeholder Model.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 14
(9)
, Article number 4998
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094998
Ketprapakorn, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2022).
Toward a sustainable social healthcare enterprise development model.
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
, 36
(1)
, 1–26
.
2021
Kantabutra, S., & Ketprapakorn, N..
(2021).
Toward an organizational theory of resilience: An interim struggle.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 13
(23)
, Article number 13137
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313137
Vongariyajit, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2021).
A test of the sustainability vision theory: Is it practical?.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 13
(14)
, Article number 7534
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147534
Kantabutra, S..
(2021).
Exploring Relationships among Sustainability Organizational Culture Components at a Leading Asian Industrial Conglomerate.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 13
(4)
, 1–31
Article number 1733
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041733
2020
Kantabutra, S., & Punnakitikashem, P..
(2020).
Exploring the process toward corporate sustainability at a Thai SME.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 12
(21)
, Article number 9204
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219204
Kantabutra, S., & Ketprapakorn, N..
(2020).
Toward a theory of corporate sustainability: A theoretical integration and exploration.
Journal of Cleaner Production
, 270
, Article number 122292
.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122292
Kantabutra, S..
(2020).
Toward an Organizational Theory of Sustainability Vision.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 12
(3)
, Article number 1125
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031125
2019
Ketprapakorn, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2019).
Sustainable Social Enterprise Model: Relationships and Consequences.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 11
(14)
, Article number 3772
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143772
Kantabutra, S..
(2019).
Achieving Corporate Sustainability: Toward a Practical Theory.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 11
(15)
, Article number 4155
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154155
Ketprapakorn, N., & Kantabutra, S..
(2019).
Culture development for sustainable SMEs: Toward a behavioral theory.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
, 11
(9)
, Article number 2629
.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092629
Kantabutra, S..
(2019).
Exploring a Thai ‘sufficiency’ approach to corporate sustainability.
International Journal of Business Excellence
, 18
(1)
, 1–21
.
https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbex.2019.099449
Kantabutra, S..
(2019).
People management for sustainable SMEs.
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
, 28
(4)
, 438–456
.
2018
Kantabutra, S..
(2018).
การประยุกต์ปรัชญาของเศรษฐกิจพอเพียงในองค์กรธุรกิจ.
[Book].
Kantabutra, S..
(2018).
The Siam Cement Group: Winning All the Way with Sufficiency.
[Book Chapter].
2017
Kantabutra, S..
(2017).
Introduction: The Business Case for Sustainable Development.
[Book Chapter].
Winit, W., & Kantabutra, S..
(2017).
Sustaining Thai SMEs through perceived benefit and hapiness.
Management Research Review
, 40
(5)
, 556–577
.
https://doi.org/10.1108/mrr-04-2016-0083
Kantabutra, S..
(2017).
A Thai Rhineland Leadership Model: In search for Corporate Sustainability Model for Asia.
International Journal of Business Excellence
, 13
(1)
, 16–40
.
https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbex.2017.085792
Kantabutra, S..
(2017).
Exploring the corporate sustainability process: A Thai perspective.
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
, 22
(2)
, 170–189
.
https://doi.org/10.1504/ijpqm.2017.086355
2016
Kantabutra, S., & Winit, W..
(2016).
The Sufficiency economy in action at Nithi Foods.
[Book Chapter].
Kantabutra, S..
(2016).
From philosophy to business practice.
[Book Chapter].
Kantabutra, S., & Thepha-Aphiraks, T..
(2016).
Sustainable leadership and consequences at Thailand's Kasikornbank.
International Journal of Business Innovation and Research
, 11
(2)
, 253–273
.
https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbir.2016.077989
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