... on operational performance via supply chain agility as knowledge transfer increases. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 298 Chinese manufacturing firms was conducted to assess the proposed relationships, employing moderated mediation analysis with Andrew Hayes (2017) PROCESS macro. Findings Social...

... expansion, knowledge seeking and relationship bonding, were implemented by the host company. The importance of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and knowledge transfer is also emphasised within these strategies. This research identified active and practical strategies conducted by the host company to maintain...

... 20 02 2018 28 02 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Knowledge transfer Outsourcing Manufacturing strategy Capabilities Technology implementation Reversed outsourcing Backshoring Pushed by increased global...

... Knowledge transfer International operations Kaizen Technology transfer One of the advantages of multinational companies (MNC) is their ability to coordinate manufacturing practices across the manufacturing network (Flaherty, 1986, 1996). In some cases, this requires the transfer of equipment...

... that have not implemented special strategic plant roles. Findings The analysis shows that the lead factory concept benefits from an efficient knowledge transfer. Particularly, it is more profitable than the archetype network under the following conditions: there are a high number of production plants...

... of how the research results relating to dissemination have been implemented before presenting key conclusions. Partnership Business formation Large enterprises Knowledge transfer United Kingdom The focus of this paper is to describe how the outputs of academic research...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Uncertainty management Decision making Strategic management Knowledge transfer The twenty‐first century global competition has driven many modern manufacturing enterprises to respond to uncertainty more rapidly...