... as a mediator and innovation climate (IC) and continuous improvement (CI) as moderators, it takes the research on open innovation process practices further. Through the resource-based view (RBV)/dynamic capabilities (DC) view, the study explains a conditional-process model that separates the bundles of BI...

...Jun Xu; Fengmei Liu; Yuying Luo; Xueguo Xu Purpose This study quantifies how digital technologies enhance business process resilience across supply chain stages, addressing a critical gap in process management literature on technology-enabled continuous improvement. Design/methodology/approach...

...Alinda Kokkinou; Bart Lameijer; Ton van Kollenburg; Paul Touw Purpose Prescriptive implementation frameworks and inventories of factors that are required for successful continuous improvement (CI) implementation are widely available. However, the available guidance typically assumes linear...

... organizational paths) were more obvious where leadership support proved to have a positive effect on continuous improvement, training, and customer involvement. Moreover, the significant and negative effects of the Lean practices studied on knowledge waste was also supported, including for example...

...Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Raquel Gomez-Lopez; Beatriz Blanco Rojo Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse the nature of the facilitators of continuous improvement (CI), proposing a classification of them and identifying the different profiles of companies based on them. Design/methodology...

...Peng Yu; Bok Young Yoo; Jang Hee Lee Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a comprehensive benchmarking approach to help subsidiaries of a company to implement continuous improvement (CI). Design/methodology/approach The proposed approach classifies subsidiaries of a company...

...Vathsala Wickramasinghe; M.N. Chathurani Purpose This study investigates the effect of continuous improvement initiatives in streamlining HRM practices in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach Survey methodology was used and 217 respondents who fulfilled the selection criteria set...

...Mauricio Uriona Maldonado; Matheus Eduardo Leusin; Thiago Carrano de Albuquerque Bernardes; Caroline Rodrigues Vaz Purpose Business process management (BPM) and lean management (LM) are both recognized for improving organizational performance through continuous improvement, yet their similarities...

...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...

... serves to unify theory, empirical evidence and anecdotes, thus placing excellence models on more solid ground. 09 02 2018 07 03 2018 16 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Systems thinking Continuous improvement...

..., the author defines the strategy for improvement in an organization. The basic principle of this strategy is continuous improvement, and tactics to control resources refers to the ABC algorithm. Findings – The author shows that continuous improvement is a prerequisite for the effectiveness...

.... Originality/value The paper shows how process orientation in a medium‐sized hospital can be systematically implemented. Further development means continuous improvement of existing processes as well the development of new processes to serve additional requirements (Lockamy and Smith, 2009). Process...

... Keywords: Competences, Continuous improvement, Outsourcing,Process management www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14637150910949461 This article originally appeared in Volume 15 Number 2, 2009, pp. 225-244 ofBusiness Process Management JournalEditor: Professor Majed Al-Mashari...

... Competences Continuous improvement Process management Outsourcing, traditionally known as “make‐or‐buy” decision, is the act of contracting internal business activities to outside (either domestic or offshore) suppliers. In recent years, with the intensifying global competition, outsourcing has...

...‐phase business process improvement framework: start‐up, self analysis, defining improvement strategy for making changes, feedback, and continuous improvement. Findings The key factor in keeping up with changes in market conditions is systematic application of improvement efforts and providing...

... and faxing process between the clinics and pharmacies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Information systems Value added Continuous improvement The delivery of health care requires multiple steps and patient “handoffs” with healthcare professionals operating in “separate silos...

... well in dimensions such as cost, quality, delivery dependability and speed, innovation and flexibility to adapt itself to variations in demand. While alignment of operations with strategic priorities is core to competitiveness, the continuous improvement of operation processes plays a very important...

... deployed as drivers to improve competitiveness (see Lee and Oakes, 1996). TQM and BPR have been positioned at the two extremes of a spectrum of approaches focused on organisational change, see Elzinga et al. (1995). TQM is based on continuous improvement principles to facilitate change...

...‐engineering, benchmarking, continuous improvement and many other approaches of modern management is very abundant. One thing which is noticeable, however, is the growing usage of the word “process” in everyday business language. This suggests that most organizations adopt a process‐based approach to managing...

...H. James Harrington Unveils the myth that process breakthrough methodologies like business process improvement, process re‐engineering, and process innovation, provide a greater total organizational improvement than continuous improvement methodologies. Also shows how to combine continuous...