..., this is the first research to study manufacturing reshoring from the perspective of the host company. It provides a new perspective to understanding this phenomenon. Offshore manufacturing Reshoring Competitive advantage Industry 4.0 Knowledge transfer RQ2. How does this response...

... empirically demonstrated the comparative analysis of benefits, challenges and CSFs across economies and continents and distinguish an original contribution of this work. Industry 4.0 Competitive advantage Company performance Entering a new era of digital transformation, Industry 4.0 (I...

.... Supply chain agility SCM practice Partnership quality Competitive advantage Apparel manufacturing Resource-based view Dynamic capabilities Resource advantage theory PLS-SEM This study investigates SCM practices in a specific FFA manufacturing industry in the context of a specific country...

... The purpose of this paper is to empirically test a research model exploring the complex links between internal and external manufacturing flexibility capabilities (IF and EF) and competitive advantage (CA). A survey approach with responses from 266 Spanish manufacturing firms from different industries...

... and how such green culture influences the green competitiveness of a firm. Anchored on the Ability Motivation Opportunity (AMO) theory, this study investigates how firms can build green competitive advantage from GHRM. The study focuses on four enablers of green culture (EGC): leadership emphasis, message...

... human resource management (GHRM) and green competitive advantage (GCA). The paper has two-fold objectives. First, to investigate the effects of GHRM and GIC on the firm's GCA and second, to model the extent to which GIC moderates the link between GHRM practices and GCA of manufacturing firms in Zhejiang...

... be contacted at: thel.augusto@me.com 11 01 2018 27 06 2018 20 09 2018 16 11 2018 21 12 2018 08 02 2019 01 03 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Competitive advantage Customer relations Marketing...

... research on considerations of its driver and effect. The purpose of this paper is to empirically develop and test a theoretical model that analyzes how organizational green culture (OGC) influences green performance and competitive advantage. Specifically, this model explains how green innovation mediates...

... 2018 17 07 2018 16 09 2018 18 09 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ecology Supply chain management Competitive advantage Sustainable production To keep up with upcoming corporate and social trends...

...Mats Ahlskog; Jessica Bruch; Mats Jackson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze knowledge integration in manufacturing technology development projects required to build competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal case study has been conducted...

...Dr Arijit Bhattacharya, Dr Walid Cheffi and Dr Prasanta Kumar Dey; Takaya Kato; Breno Nunes; Prasanta Kumar Dey Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms create and sustain competitive advantage in the inter-firm business relationships from a supplier’s perspective. It also...

... a firm’s competitive advantage in the market. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis followed in order to investigate the relations between the constructs of the proposed model, includes an initial exploratory factor analysis (EFA), followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and finally...

... a significant impact on plant profitability and labor productivity, resulting in a competitive advantage. The optimal bundle of complementary and substitute practices are unique for each industry and size class. Research limitations/implications The data are for one year only. Originality/value...

... of liberalization of the economy since early 1990s. In the present context, as also revealed by literature review, maintenance function has to be regarded as an equal partner in the organization, having a huge potential in enhancing the competitive advantage of the organization. Thus, Indian manufacturing...

... knowledge in order to obtain competitive advantage (CA) over the rivals, (iv) how to recognize the opportunities and threats of the underlying industrial structure, especially the economies of scale and scope and network externalities; and how to proactively reconfigure and reshape the existing knowledge...

.... Section 5 summarises the findings and limitations and outlines directions for further research. China Manufacturing industries Competitive advantage Competitive strategy High‐tech sectors China has become something of a model for industrial and economic development since the initiation...

... different organizations available companies should use (Medori and Steeple, 2000). Perhaps it all depends on the nature of the organization and its industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Manufacturing industries Literature Competitive advantage Performance measurement (quality...

... (extensive usage) for each technique. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Competitive advantage Design New product development Project management It has been established that NPD processes can provide or sustain competitive advantage. In the current environment the process must yield tripartite...

...Joel D. Goldhar; Theodore W. Schlie Increased flexibility is discussed as the key to competitive advantage in the CIM factory. The treatment begins with the customer and works backwards to show how CIM technology affects competitive strategy– for example in economy of scope, truncated product life...