... measurement theory was applied to analyze the data. Findings The results indicate that the motivations and barriers to certification are similar among companies of different sizes and sectors. Also, the spillover effects of certification do not vary significantly across sectors. However, firm size...

...Karam Bharat Singh; Subhas Chandra Misra Purpose This study identifies and ranks the barriers to manufacturing integrated circuit (IC) chips in the Indian semiconductor manufacturing industry by examining the causal relationships between the different barriers using an advanced causal modeling...

... Failure Barriers Prerequisites Robotics Bots In the course of digital transformation, companies are facing new strategic, organizational and cultural challenges that force business process management to adapt to the requirements of digitization. These requirements can be summarized under...

...Mohammed Iqbal Al-Ajlouni; Rawa Hijazi; Sahem Nawafleh Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine a model that combines barriers, drivers, government responses, recovery expectations, expected future changes in performance and the extent of digitalisation as a moderator in SMEs. Design...

...Helén Anderson; Tomas Müllern; Mike Danilovic Purpose The purpose is to identify and explore barriers to overcome for developing collaborative innovation between a global service supplier and two of its industrial customers in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The research had an action...

...Shikha Singh; Subhas Chandra Misra Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the barriers to institutionalize the product lifecycle management (PLM) in large manufacturing organizations. The paper explores the hurdles and identifies the causal barriers to support the organizations...

...Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Beatriz Blanco; Emma Diaz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define a general and common construct in order to measure the level of difficulty companies experience when they implement continuous improvement (CI). Additionally, a rank of barriers is obtained together...

... and the perceived barriers to the continuing use of e‐trade technologies by small Korean firms. Design/methodology/approach The literature was employed to develop a theoretical model that includes perceived risk and the environment. The model was operationalised in a questionnaire completed by 164 respondents...

... introduced in the automobile industry, are (Cole, 1999): TQM USA Strategy Barriers Implementation Benefits The success of Japanese competitors Canon and Ricoh was based on two non‐quality factors. First, the Japanese manufacturers adopted a business strategy of focusing on small units...