.... Industry 4.0 Small and medium-sized enterprises Manufacturing industry Intervention research Partnership In a global competition and internationalization of manufacturing supply, pressure to perform and present a competitive advantage push manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Interactive research Collaborative research Organization development Partnership Learning and knowledge creation Research intermediary Organizations at present are affected by challenges such as increased...

... Product life cycle Sustainable production Partnership Supply chain management Manufacturing operations Environmental awareness has considerably been a steady focus in supply chain networks due to several factors such as environment deterioration, regulatory requirements, and consumer pressures...

... between SCM and performance before formalising them in the form of eight distinct research hypotheses. Partnership Supply chain management Information sharing Customer orientation Structural equation modelling Balanced scorecard strategy map Thanks to a collaborative management...

... that an alliance is really a solution for the future and be ready to give something before receiving. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Critical success factors Process management Strategic alliances Partnership Collaborative enterprises network Failure factors Best practices Business...

... can be contacted at: roberto.piedade@fe.up.pt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Brazil Partnership Performance management Forecasting Strategic alignment Collaborative networks Performance prediction Alignment measurement Alignment prediction Nowadays, business...

.... Originality/value Theoretically, this paper elaborates on a framework for how and why evolution produces diversity of supply chain form. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Classification schemes Aerospace industry Supply chain management Risk management Partnership Commercial...

...Anna Trifilova; Dean Bartlett; Anna Trifilova Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe seven case studies of university‐industry cooperative partnerships at Nizhny Novgorod Architecture and Civil Engineering State University in Russia. It examines the relationship between green technology...

... and development Universities Partnership Manufacturing industries Service industries Spain Innovative processes are, by definition, new technological or organizational ways of producing goods and services (Edquist et al., 2001). However, their relevance is not merely confined to the business...

...Ben Clegg; Dilek Cetindamar; Gunduz Ulusoy Purpose This paper aims to shed light on the relationship between partnerships and innovation efforts of the firms. The goal is to understand whether Turkish firms collaborate for innovation or not and, if they do, what is the impact of partnerships...

...Ben Clegg; Tim Minshall; Letizia Mortara; Stelios Elia; David Probert Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the development of the final outputs of a research project looking at partnerships between technology‐based start‐ups and large firms (“asymmetric” partnerships). It presents...

... and results will help SMEs in general and Indian automobile component manufacturing SMEs to rethink on their supply chain relationships and identify the reasons behind their present failures and establish the criteria for win‐win partnership. Originality/value The paper addresses the following issues: how...

...Gülcin H. Sengir; Robert T. Trotter; Elizabeth K. Briody; Devadatta M. Kulkarni; Linda B. Catlin; Tracy L. Meerwarth GM has initiated partnerships with firms and research institutions at a rapid pace. One effort of the multi‐disciplinary research team involved the construction of a relationship...