...Shahab Sharfaei; Kevalin Puangyoykeaw Setthakorn Purpose This study examines the effects of rising wages, organisational power, and task nature on automation adoption and firm performance in the US fast-food industry. It tests the concept of “bounded automation” by investigating whether wage...

... 2024 04 03 2024 24 03 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Growth hacking Artificial intelligence Decision-making Automation In recent years, companies have radically changed their approaches to innovation...

... operated in “large niche markets” (e.g. Mercedes, BMW, Saab). However, in the 1970s, the advent of flexible automation led to the argument that smaller producers might still compete against giant producers on economical cars produced in small series (Williams et al., 1987, p. 38). Before...

... are IT driven. Reports a study of 204 Irish firms, which seeks to discover the level of transformation in the marketing function as a result of IT. Reviews whether marketers’ use of IT has progressed from simply automating existing marketing systems to actually using IT to transform their marketing capabilities...

...Anthony A. Zikiye; Rebecca A. Zikiye Builds on prior research into the impact of automation on job characteristics, which found that co‐ordination, job autonomy, and work pace were reinforced by automation, while new skill requirements, job security and exertion remained unaffected. Job...