...Fei Wang; Ning Nan; Jing Zhao Purpose This study attempts to discover effective strategies for mobile commerce applications (apps) to grow their consumer base by releasing app strategic updates. Drawing on the landscape search model from strategy research, this study conceptualizes mobile app...

... carbon emission constraint, but also provides operational strategies for manufacturers to make more profit when facing asymmetric information and emission regulation. Man Yu can be contacted at: lingsheshidubing@163.com 26 03 2018 17 09 2018 24 10 2018 © Emerald Publishing...

...Cinzia Sansone; Per Hilletofth; David Eriksson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate systematically the topic of operations capabilities within the operations strategy area. The output is a framework that will benefit researchers and firms to gain a more complete understanding...

... in shaping the investment decision (Grandon and Pearson, 2004 ; Bayo-Moriones et al., 2013). Not only are owner managers taking an active role in planning and leading IT strategy associated with more sophisticated IT management (Cragg et al., 2013) but their IT knowledge may also form part...

... and job loss still persist. One of these problem countries is Finland. The purpose of this paper is to examine manufacturing strategy priorities and their performance implications in this country. Design/methodology/approach – During the spring of 2014, a web-based survey was conducted, targeting...

...Bojan Jovanoski; Robert Nove Minovski; Gerald Lichtenegger; Siegfried Voessner Purpose The new extremely demanding environment forces the enterprises to use more sophisticated tools/methodologies. Strategy alignment and modelling and simulation are some of those tools/methodologies...

... and quantitative data are used. Approach was chosen as wholesaler needed to change its business strategy due to high competition. Findings Innovative products may lose consumer perceived value, if information of the product is distorted by the retailers. It is of course so that the number of display pieces...

...Bochao Wang; Young B. Moon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a simulation model for assessing innovation deployment strategies by evaluating and comparing their outcomes using a hybrid modeling and simulation of agent‐based modelling and simulation (ABMS) and system dynamics (SD...

... at the CODP (Olhager et al., 2006). A number of classification models have been proposed in the literature to guide the choice of supply chain strategy. One of the first and probably one of the most cited models of supply chain strategy selection is Fisher's (1997) model on how type...

... cost model was developed with high confidence. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Project management Strategy Operations Executives Why do chief executive officers (CEOs) of reputable firms fail? The 21 June 1999 issue of Fortune (Charan and Colvin, 1999) magazine focuses on 11 CEOs...

... Decision‐support systems Strategy Management Decision making The capability termed OLAP is also an important advance as a business intelligence tool. Codd introduced the term “OLAP” in 1995 in a major article in Computerworld (Codd, 1995). The basic idea of OLAP is that managers...

...Lucía Isabel García‐Cebrián; Alfonso López‐Viñegla In order for production strategy to develop its role in the creative activity of value it is necessary to have the information that will facilitate decision making and to guide its performance. The aim of this study is to present the basic ideas...

...P. Pete Chong; Ye‐Sho Chen; Jason Chou‐Hong Chen As part of the business strategy in a competitive environment, for an organization to induct information technology (IT) appropriately, business process reengineering (BPR) must be conducted. We propose a process that incorporates both management...

... Partnering Supply chain management Strategy Firms are generally interested in partnerships rather than adversarial relationships because they believe that the former can provide a number of advantages over the latter. For the supplier, the advantages include reduced uncertainty, managed dependence...

... or disagreement with respective statements is described. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Alliances Innovation Strategy Co‐operation New product development Of respondents 85 per cent, felt that collaboration accelerated the product development process. Increasing the speed of the development...

...Hooshang M. Beheshti; Allen L. Bures There are two types of interrelated downsizing; human resource downsizing, which refers to reduction in personnel, and computer downsizing, or the migration from a mainframe to distributive processing platforms. The corporate strategies underlying each vary...

... discussed as well as general strategies for managers to facilitate and enhance information technology investment. © MCB UP Limited 1999 From these financial factors, individual and mean firm performance scores were compared, resulting in the financial factor performance table (Appendix 1...

... is it a description of the logistics function. The competitive importance of linking a firm’s supply chain strategy to its overall business strategy and some practical guidelines are offered for successful supply chain management. In addition to defining the supply chain, several authors have further defined...

... environment has been a critical component of any strategy formulation process, formally or informally. Traditionally the managerial searching for information has often been characterized by intuitive and fragmented activities. As the business environment increases in its scope, dynamics and complexity...

...Toru Sakaguchi; C. Clay Dibrell With the increasing convergence of international markets, a greater number of firms are entering the global arena. As these firms compete in the global marketplace, they utilize information technology to formulate and implement strategies and to control...