...Beatrice Santos; Marcos Dieste; Guido Orzes; Fernando Charrua-Santos Purpose This paper seeks to shed light on the resources and capabilities required by SMEs to successfully implement Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and to explore how these resources and capabilities can be acquired and/or developed...

...Nathália Amarante Pufal; Paulo Antônio Zawislak Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine different types of organization of the firm considering the innovation capabilities of manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors carried out an innovation survey with Brazilian...

...Imranul Hoque Purpose This study aims to investigate how buyer-assisted lean intervention in garment supplier factories affects garment suppliers' productivity and production capability development. Design/methodology/approach Employing a qualitative research approach and a lean intervention...

... evidence supports the relevance of the proposed model and its practical usefulness. It can be used to measure the current state (initial diagnostic and monitoring assessments), and to plan the future desired state (goal), identifying which transformational capabilities should be developed. Originality...

... the mature stage firms are more strongly associated with green process innovation performance compared to growth stage firms and recognizes technological capabilities as a mediating variable fundamental to achieve a higher level of green process innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Hao Shen; Nan Mei; Yu Gao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the proper matches between institutional business ties (to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and to banks) and firm capabilities (technological capability and marketing capability) in impacting the radical innovation...

... outsourcing accentuates challenges relating to retained knowledge. When embarking on reversed outsourcing, companies need to acknowledge the effort to revive and renew capabilities in order to perform technical operations and advanced manufacturing production. Research limitations/implications...

... and capabilities required to integrate the knowledge in manufacturing technology development projects, companies can improve design and organize the development of manufacturing technology. Originality/value Previous research has merely noted that knowledge integration is required in the development of unique...

... distance is an important factor that affects such ability; this report also investigates the impact of distance on the HQ’s network management capabilities in the context of a global organisation’s evolution. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a single company was chosen to take part...