...Matin Mohaghegh; Sina Behzadifard; Pär Åhlström; Anand Nair Purpose This study addresses the inconsistent evidence on whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) hinders or enhances performance. Drawing on the practice-based view (PBV) and the competitive progression theory (CPT), we argue...

... previously established measurement models on ambidexterity, this research proposes an alternative measurement model to analyze how ambidexterity can enhance organizational agility and, indirectly, performance, taking into consideration the moderating effect of environmental competitiveness. Design...

... of digital orientation on firm performance through absorbing risks and exploiting opportunities. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 307 Chinese manufactures and analysed using structural equation modelling and regression analysis. Findings The results show digital orientation...

...Rafaela Alfalla-Luque; Darkys E. Luján García; Juan A. Marin-Garcia Purpose The link between supply chain agility (SCA) and performance has been tested in previous research with different samples and results. The present paper quantitatively analyses and summarises the impact of SCA on performance...

...Jiangang Wang; Fanghong Liu Purpose This study attempts to examine the performance differences between firms with and without integrated management systems (IMSs), and the impact of three integration strategies (i.e. implementing quality management system (QMS) first, then environmental management...

... for the purpose of becoming a learning organization while enhancing performance. This is important to study because many organizations struggle to enhance efficiency in the short term while still trying to be long-term learning oriented (i.e. learning organization development). Design/methodology/approach...

... of their reciprocal relationships and impact on manufacturing firm performance (MFP). Design/methodology/approach In the study, six hypotheses have been developed and tested through an empirical survey administered to 120 senior executives of Italian manufacturing firms. The data analysis has been carried out via...

...Lilian M. de Menezes; Ana B. Escrig The use of practices in workplaces is inconsistent with a unified performance management approach. Distinct outcomes are expected from separate components in performance management and some may be contingent on workplace size. For example, within quality...

... orchestration theory seeks to explain how managers can effectively do this for performance gains. The complexity of orchestrating resources in practice has been overlooked in the operations field and it is now necessary to go beyond the direct effects of individual resources and uncover different resource...

... Manufacturing Strategy Survey. Findings The findings show that plants with higher competences use more practices successfully than less competent plants. Furthermore, more competent plants tend to strengthen their differentiation performance, while less competent plants focus on and achieve cost performance...

..., based on the process of ongoing longitudinal cases studies. Further interviews and data analysis will examine actual performance of Lean capabilities within the NHS. Design/methodology/approach For this explanatory multiple-case study project the authors collected data through semi-structured...

... have a distinctive attentions on their internal capabilities. Research limitations/implications – The limitation of this research lies in using perceptual scale for performance and few constructs with one item for measuring. On the other hand, this research has revisited the taxonomy topic based...

... lean practices is that it provides firms with the ability to reduce costs through eliminating non-value adding activities (Shah and Ward, 2003). Dr Frank Wiengarten can be contacted at: frank.wiengarten@esade.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Survey Performance Culture...

... strategy (MS) and another set from technology management (TM) and the link of this fit to operational performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper applies multiple statistical methods to a database of an international sample of plants in the auto supplier sector to explore (deviation score...

...Robert A. Paton; Richard Wagner; Robert MacIntosh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between management education, the performance of German engineering enterprises and the strategic knowledge status of the executives running those enterprises. Design/methodology...

... shows that supply chain integration increases performance if supply complexity is high, while a very limited or no influence of supply chain integration can be detected in case of low supply complexity. The results also show that in high supply complexity environments the use of structured communication...

... of integration as well as theoretical and empirical elaboration of its link to operational performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop six propositions on how cross‐functional integration affects performance and test the propositions in an international sample of 266 manufacturing plant...

...) performance. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data obtained from a survey of 364 business units encompassing both the manufacturing and service industries in Australia. Findings The findings suggest that the cultural dimension teamwork/respect for people is the most important factor...

... at both the corporate and business unit levels were found to have correspondingly higher levels of organizational performance. This study extends prior research of the strategy‐managerial characteristics relationship to the functional level of the organization. Specifically, based on a sample of 196...

... of these firms. This paper explores this issue by comparing the practice‐performance links for two types of SMEs ‐‐ i.e. subcontractors and small manufacturers ‐‐ through the investigation of the management practices pertaining to the following three functional areas: general management, production management...