... shows that the teaching method can significantly affect students' perceptions of the learning process. The findings also confirm the pedagogical effectiveness of the software that was designed and that information communication technologies (ICT)‐based methods are an alternative to traditional methods...

...Xuan Zhang; Dirk Pieter van Donk; Taco van der Vaart Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and classify survey‐based research connecting information and communication technology (ICT), supply chain management (SCM), and supply chain (SC) performance. The review evaluates present empirical...

... of these organisations have turned to information and communication technologies (ICT) as a way to cope with turbulent environments (Sigala, 2003). In fact, utilising technology and managing it effectively is important for a firm and is widely accepted as a means for creating a sustainable competitive advantage (Barney...

... to apply the “operations‐as‐marketing” paradigm to the strategic objectives of IT investment decisions, and it addresses a notable void in extant research by exploring a possible strategic link between IT and market orientation. Communication technologies Technology led strategy Lean production...

.... Drawing on the discussion offered in sections 2.1.1 – 2.1.3, we develop the following proposition: Manufacturing industries Supply chain management Strategic alliances Information transfer Communication technologies The process of validating our clustering requires that we assess...

...‐ons than firms with moderate or poorly defined plans and objectives. Charles A. Watts can be contacted at: cwatts@jcu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Resource management Supply chain management Communication technologies Manufacturing systems Global competition...

...Dirk Pieter van Donk; Dirk Pieter van Donk Purpose The paper's purpose is to provide a motivation for investigating the relationship between supply chain management (SCM) and information and communication technology (ICT), to describe associated theoretical and practical problems and to introduce...

... in terms of technological support, hardware and systems. For the purposes of this study we have taken this definition of sophistication with some minor adaptations. Brian Fynes can be contacted at: Brian.fynes@ucd.ie © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Communication technologies...

..., yielding a definitive 12 per cent response rate. Frank W. Dewhurst can be contacted at: Frank.Dewhurst@mbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Communication technologies Total quality management Business performance Performance measurement (quality) Spain The effects...