...Mina Etemad; Salman Nazari-Shirkouhi; Seyed Kamal Chaharsooghi; Kannan Govindan Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the relationship between the lean, agile, resilient and green (LARG) paradigm, critical success factors (CSFs) and sustainable supply chain performance (SSCP...

...Diego Tlapa; Jorge Limon; Jorge L García-Alcaraz; Yolanda Baez; Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding of Six Sigma (SS) and the underlying dimensions of its critical success factors (CSF) via an analysis of the effects of top management support (TMS...

...Usman Ali; Callum Kidd Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify, prioritize and categorize the critical success factors (CSFs) for configuration management (CM) and devise a CM activity model to help practitioners in the effective implementation and continuous improvement of the process...

... observation. Design/methodology/approach This study clusters 94 critical success factors (CSFs), already identified by other researchers, into 15 categories using validity, reliability, principal component and multicollinearity analyses. This study applies a stakeholder perspective, taking...

... Spain Knowledge organizations Knowledge management Organizational culture Values Critical success factors Consulting industry Research into knowledge management (KM) has intensified in recent years, and knowledge is increasingly regarded as one of the most important assets in company...

...Edephonce N. Nfuka; Lazar Rusu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of critical success factors (CSFs) on information technology (IT) governance performance in public sector organizations in a developing country such as Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach Based...

... identification Warehousing Critical success factors Market competition requires continuous improvement in the design and operation of warehouses, which in turn changes the typical role of a warehouse. This implies that warehouses face the challenge of enhancing their activities with new information...

... adopted from Hong and Kim (2001) : 1. process; 2. data; and 3. system. The two major research questions are: Chang E. Koh can be contacted at: chang.koh@unt.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Radio frequencies Critical success factors Risk assessment...

...Shahin Dezdar; Ainin Sulaiman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current literature base of critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, provide a systematic compilation of CSFs, and present a new comprehensive taxonomy of CSFs for ERP...

...Mahmoud Migdadi Purpose This paper attempts to accomplish the following aims: first, identify the preliminary knowledge management (KM) critical success factors (CSFs) or enablers that need to be concentrated by small‐and‐medium sized enterprises (SMEs) before launching a full‐scale KM initiative...

... International standards Surveys Critical success factors Performance management This research is a part of doctoral work to investigate into the application of Six Sigma within the UK manufacturing small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Six Sigma is a well‐established approach that seeks...

... manufacturing. Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature review and expert interviews following the analytic hierarchy process, this paper identifies and prioritizes seven critical success factors and 17 critical success sub‐factors comprising three success factor categories: management commitment...

... for managers to understand critical success factors of OIM. Furthermore, this framework can be further applied for any other organization‐wide OIM‐based management, such as OIM improvement programmes and OIM assessment systems. Originality/value An organization‐wide OIM framework is developed and validated...

... implemented or are in the process of implementing BSC. Findings The roadmap presented in this paper has been taken from a model proposed in the study. The model contained 27 critical success factors which are expected to influence the BSC implementation. The model divides those factors into three levels...

..., to investigate the critical success factors (CSFs) for the implementation of non‐enforceable mobilization by enterprises. The data were collected by means of in‐depth interviews with corporate managers and specialists from 29 enterprises and comprise 126 samples of employees currently using mobilization systems...

...Kuan Yew Wong Purpose To date, critical success factors (CSFs) for implementing knowledge management (KM) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have not been systematically investigated. Existing studies have derived their CSFs from large companies' perspectives and have not considered the needs...

... in monitoring, auditing and reporting its environmental performance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Environmental management Critical success factors Singapore The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) environmental management standards were developed by dedicated...

... and Gregory, 1997; Herbig and Hale, 1997; Hofacker, 2001; Kotab and Helsen, 2000; Quelch and Klien, 1996; Samiee, 1998; White, 1997). Thus, the following hypothesis is proposed: Critical success factors Internet marketing Business‐to‐business marketing United Kingdom In recent years business...