...Christian F. Durach; Frank Wiengarten; Mark Pagell Christian F. Durach can be contacted at: cdurach@escp.eu Process innovation is an important driver of economic growth and can create competitive advantage. Process innovation results from a firm’s human capital, and this research...

...) microfoundations. Further, this study aims to assess the association of DCs microfoundations with process innovation. Design/methodology/approach The researchers combine primary data collected from 153 manufacturing firms located in five continents using a survey designed for the purpose of this study...

... to higher volume flexibility, but not to increased production cost competitiveness. Practical implications Manufacturing firms that aim to digitize their processes can benefit from inbound open process innovation, but its utility varies for different clusters of digital technologies. Generally...

...) and sustainable sourcing (SS) practices at the plant level. Design/methodology/approach The authors conceptualize SP and SS as process innovations with moderate degrees of innovativeness and apply “Organizational integration and process innovation” theory to build our conceptual model. Then, the authors use...

... Process innovation Self‐assessment Self‐development Technology Benchmarking and self‐assessment is being used increasingly by industry as a tool to help identify “best practice”, and to identify areas for improvement. In the quality management area, the impact has been particularly striking...

... unfold as consciously managed innovation processes that encourage bottom‐up creativity and learning. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Flexible manufacturing systems Lean production Motor industry Organizational change Process innovation Simulation Technological change In the last ten years...