... 02 10 2017 19 01 2018 28 02 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Developing countries Humanitarian logistics Decision processes Around the world, the number of people affected by disasters has increased...

... Developing countries Supply chain management Austria Hungary Europe is characterized by a special situation with regard to the internationalization of operations. Despite their geographical proximity, European countries show major economic differences, for example in legal requirements...

... percent, while GDP growth was only 4.3 percent (ISSER, 2002). Kwasi Amoako‐Gyampah can be contacted at: kwasi_amoako@uncg.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic manufacturing Developing countries Ghana The purpose of this paper is to test the cumulative...

.../implications The Turkish results differ somewhat from the ones for developed countries, which suggests that more work should be conducted in emerging economies. Future research that uses matched pairs of buyers and suppliers may provide in‐depth insights. Practical implications The results demonstrated...

... the development of new concepts of production systems for developed and developing countries. Dunning (1994) proposes an approach in which foreign direct investment in developing countries follows an evolutionary trajectory: resource seeking; market seeking; efficiency seeking; and strategic...

... no significant change when compared to the present, indicating no major shift in approach. Developing countries India Manufacturing Organizational behaviour Organizational change © MCB UP Limited 1999 The Indian industrial environment is traditionally identified by its regulative...

...Salaheldin I. Salaheldin; Arthur Francis States that a review of the literature on materials requirements planning (MRP) implementation in less developed countries in general, and in Egypt in particular, revealed that no systematic study has attempted to investigate how manufacturing companies have...

...Tigineh Mersha Reveals that the available literature on TQM implementation emphasizes the experiences of firms in industrialized nations, and studies dealing with the challenges of implementing TQM in less developed countries (LDCs) are limited. Examines the factors that influence the successful...

...John J. Lawrence; Holly S. Lewis Weak supplier bases and weak infrastructures pose significant obstacles to the use of just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing in developing countries. Explores the use and effectiveness of JIT purchasing practices in one such developing country, Mexico, in an attempt to lay...

... amounts of managerial effort and resources which therefore are not used for strategic planning. Brazil Developing countries Manufacturing strategy Operations management Responding effectively to change, therefore, seems to be a dominant part of the manager′s activities in Brazil. Any...

... Limited 1995 Developing countries Just‐in‐time Manufacturing Singapore With increasing regional and global competition, many manufacturing organizations in Singapore have looked to new production systems and technologies to help upgrade their operations effectiveness. The just‐in‐time...

... management Newly industrializing economies Perceptions Developing countries The Perception of the Strategic Simulation for Manufacturing Role of Manufacturing amongst Scheduling Operations Managers: An Empirical Study Based on a 15 Newly Industrialized Economy Received November 1991 Revised March 1992...

... productivity and competitive strengths for that country. © MCB UP Limited 1991 TQM Just‐in‐time Developing countries Quality control Production systems Industrial Progress and the Strategic Significance of JIT and TQC for Developing Countries Sin-Hoon Hum National University of Singapore...

... receive work from several queues;(d) alternative choices in the selection of machines and bobbin sizes for any given stranding or closing operation; (e) the presence of random elements in the timing of machine breakdowns and repairs. In this case study factory in a developing country, the existing control...

...P.C.L. Goonatilake This article examines inventory control problems in developing countries using the results of a field study conducted in the industrial sector of a developing country. It is shown that ineffective inventory control is a major problem faced by industries in developing countries...