... Performance Competitive advantage Meta-analysis Systematic literature review Correlations In today’s constantly changing environment exacerbated by the pandemic and natural disasters, supply chain agility (SCA) has been identified as a key element for survival and competitiveness (Do et al...

... 11 2019 02 03 2020 20 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Servitization Advanced services Competitive advantage Manufacturing strategy Over the last decades, manufacturing companies have faced complex...

... Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of supply chain strategies that manufacturing companies can use to minimise or overcome natural resource scarcity, and ultimately improve resource efficiency and achieve competitive advantage. The relationship...

..., and to examine how these capabilities may improve competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model was developed from extant studies and assessed through the development of a large-scale questionnaire survey conducted with South Korean manufacturers and logistics intermediaries involved...

... and management. Finally, we present the study’s limitations and suggestions for future research. The DC view is an extension of the well-established resource-based view (RBV). RBV proposes that firm resources and its heterogeneity determine the possibility of obtaining sustainable competitive advantages...

... performance through competitive strategies. The study results may help managers to implement QEI and QER practices in order to allocate resources effectively and ultimately improve financial performance. Ambidexterity Quality management Competitive advantage Focus Cost leadership Differentiation...

... of TQM (soft side) are associated with innovation performance while mechanistic elements (hard side) are only associated with quality, a result also supported by Perdomo-Ortiz et al. (2009) . None of these studies consider innovation outcomes as a source of competitive advantage, i.e, looking...

... is synonymous with a tailored corporate-wide improvement programme. The purpose of this paper is to explore the circumstances under which an XPS can provide a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an explorative case study methodology to investigate the link between...

... technology and the cumulative model. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Manufacturing industries Competitive advantage Competitive capability Manufacturing business unit (MBU) Trade‐off model Cumulative model Manufacturing strategy Manufacturing strategy theory centers...

... at: jan.olhager@liu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Competitive advantage Industrial performance In order to compete successfully, while facing increasing global competition, manufacturing companies need a wide range of capabilities. Competitive capabilities compare a firm's...

... be constrained by the scope and size of the sample. Thus, we chose not to test fit as profile deviation. Our fit hypotheses are shown in Figure 1 . David Xiaosong Peng can be contacted at: xpeng@mays.tamu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Operations management Competitive advantage...

...Michael Lewis; Alistair Brandon‐Jones; Nigel Slack; Mickey Howard Purpose The paper seeks to analyze the evolution of competitive advantage using both “classic” and “extended” resource‐based theory (RBT). The aim is to examine the different ways in which “classic” and “extended” resource‐based...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Operations management Leadership Manufacturing industries Competitive advantage Strategic manufacturing Unites States of America competitive orientation and manufacturing performance (Kathuria, 2000); manufacturing strategies and performance (Devaraj et...

... Economic sustainability Competitive advantage Personal health Operations management Production planning Many companies rely on humans. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in human issues in operations management (OM) (Boudreau et al., 2003 ; Cook et al...

... of the main advantages and disadvantages to be expected at various stages of SPM implementation completeness. Strategic management Performance management Management information systems Competitive advantage The Netherlands The research procedure was as follows. A letter was sent to a selected...

... et al., 1996, 1998). Supply chain management Strategic alignment Competitive advantage Over the last decade the competitive landscape has pushed organizations to compete not solely on their own capabilities but with their entire supply chain (Hult et al., 2007...

... to consider the three terms together and thereby propose a differentiation between them. Ednilson Santos Bernardes can be contacted at: ebernardes@georgiasouthern.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Operations management Consumer behaviour Competitive advantage 1...

.... The paper seeks to analyse the role these decisions play in the creation of a firm's competitive advantage, and aims to provide evidence of which decisions provide the firm with strategically relevant production capabilities. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses were tested using data collected...

... making. This holds true not only of practical strategic decision making inside specific companies, but also of design and implementation of empirical research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Competitive advantage Strategic manufacturing Strategic evaluation Decision making...

...Alberto De Toni; Stefano Tonchia The traditional strategic model of industrial organization is criticized by the upholders of the theories that regard the resources and competencies of a firm as the source of its competitive advantage. This article presents these new strategic dictates...