...Atif Saleem Butt; Mohammad Alghababsheh Purpose The study explores the key barriers and enablers of technology adoption for managing social sustainability in supply chains. Design/methodology/approach Overall, 46 in-depth semi-structured interviews with managers from 18 firms serving different...

..., key terms namely business intelligence gathering, information exchange, information technology (IT) and knowledge of asset status, were conceptualised from the literature review. The questionnaires developed to collect data were validated by industry and academic experts. Findings The results from...

... for improvement. Second, the technology gap ratio index score and meta-frontier efficiency of RSCF systems in Central China are the lowest in all regions, indicating that the technical level of RSCF systems in Central China is the lowest. Third, the relationship between rural residents' disposable income...

...Jiasen Sun; Shuqi Xu; Guo Li Purpose To improve the sustainable performance of the power supply chain system (PSCS), the Chinese government proposed a series of relevant policies and promoted the application of various technologies in the power industry. This study analyzes the sustainable...

...A.C. Caputo; F. Cucchiella; L. Fratocchi; P.M. Pelagagge; F. Scacchia The paper deals with technological and managerial innovation transfer to small and medium sized enterprises. A comprehensive framework is presented, identifying a networked architecture in which different actors (universities...

...Steven Mann; Scott Sbihli Cellular communications Telecommunications Technology Apparently, the whole world is crazy about wireless communications … Market forecasters predict that anywhere from 30‐80 per cent of all new cellular telephones sold in the next year...

...Ariadna Julieta Rodríguez‐Díaz The Mexican food industry (MFI) is now changing its procedures, in order to be more competitive not only in Mexico, but in other countries around the world. We propose a forecasting methodology to be used by the manager of technology (MOT) for the design...

... and to advance the conceptual model and composition of the emerging Web‐based EIS. The findings clearly indicate that the traditional EIS has given way to Web‐based resources and the diffusion of EIS does indeed vary from the traditional S‐shaped curve, consistent with most information technology applications...

...Helen Lawton Smith Technology Transfer and Industrial Change in Europe . Macmillan Press Ltd , 2000 . , ISBN: ISBN 0‐333‐60458‐X Electronics industry Innovation Technology In the 1990s considerable academic and policy interest was directed to the nature...

... and data to and from remote sites. The report provides a background into the various alternatives available, a short summary of each topic and extensive references for further information. Understanding distributed multimedia technologies and applications This report demystifies the various...

...John Peterson; Margaret Sharp Organizational change Technology European union Technological change is transforming economic, political and social life at the dawn of the new millennium, and this at the same time as European integration is entering a new and uncertain phase...

...Michael H. Small Addresses the relationship between firm performance on 15 manufacturing attributes and the extensiveness of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) portfolios that firms adopt. Mail survey data obtained from 116 manufacturing firms in the USA that had adopted a variety of AMT...

...Michael J. Savoie; Mahesh S. Raisinghani Few information technology trends have received more attention from the industry than electronic (e‐) commerce – and considering the industry’s predisposition to hyperbole, that is saying a lot. This paper discusses the diffusion of e‐commerce in three wave...

... Broadcasting Competition Corporate communications Organizational change Technology Corporate broadcast communications ‐ from video magazines through direct satellite transmission to, latterly, CD‐ROM distribution to the desktop PC ‐ is perhaps the fastest growing tool in the corporate communications...

...Richard A. Siegel; Sten‐Olof Hansén; Lars H. Pellas Discusses a new methodology for launching or expanding the commercialization of new under‐utilized technologies. The approach discussed involves the active participation of international industrial opinion leaders in the commercial development...

... owing to a high level of performance and user satisfaction at low cost of a computer‐based document management system (DMS). Describes some key issues and practical experience on designing, measuring, and justifying a DMS with the innovative use of information technology in the IDB′s case. Also provides...

...Saba B. Bahouth Planning technology development and making use of available technologies are an integral part of a successful strategic business plan. Businesses have neglected their role in training and updating their potential managers in the area of technology management. Universities...

...Binshan Lin The information highway is a management issue with the same importance as information technology applications and information technology management. Deals with some critical issues that arise in the evolution of an information highway age and its alignment with the evolving management...

... to improve meetings, and studies have shown that the systems can increase their efficiency and effectiveness as well as the group members′ satisfaction with them. Describes this new technology with its advantages and disadvantages and shows how two corporations used GDSSs to improve their meeting...

...D.T. Brownlie The successful placing of long‐range technology planning decisions in the context of overall corporate strategic planning requires a mechanism for synthesizing R&D strategy and business strategy. This article argues that formalized technology forecasting has an important...