...Jayne E. Costello; Vishal Arghode Purpose This paper aims to explore member readiness for change in manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach The authors interviewed 14 upper management professionals in Northeast US state companies. Inductive analysis and creative synthesis were used...

... and across purchasing contexts, and subsequently estimate the importance of these criteria to the procurement practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – First, a Delphi study has been conducted to identify the critical supplier selection criteria across manufacturing industries. Then, data were...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Developing country strategy Turkey International expansion Developing countries Manufacturing industries Although the literature in international business research is extensive and continues to grow (Werner, 2002), and research in emerging markets and MNEs has...

... 2011 Thailand Manufacturing industries Small to medium‐sized enterprises Innovation Cultural factors The purpose of innovation is also a factor in some definitions. For example, Schumann et al. (1994) see innovation as the means by which organisations anticipate and fill...

... the manufacturing sector. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Manufacturing industries Performance management Radiofrequencies Manufacturing organizations have begun implementing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the hope of both operational and supply chain performance...

..., the following three hypotheses are examined within the context of SMEs: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Market orientation Company performance United States of America Taiwan Manufacturing industries Small to medium‐sized enterprises H1. Intelligence generation...

... Knowledge management Knowledge management systems Decision making Decision support systems Manufacturing industries Turkey It is widely recognized that knowledge is a valuable strategic resource for firms to remain competitive, and adequately respond to the needs of their customers (Zack, 1999...

... as the coercive pressures driving Japanese manufacturers to implement GSCM to improve their performance. Supply chain management Manufacturing industries Environmental management Japan Increasing environmental issues and resource depletion problems have caused regulators at various levels to enact...

... of our study. Conflict Egypt Decision making Manufacturing industries Organizational performance The study of strategic decision‐making (SDM) processes has long been of interest to both scholars and executives. It has attracted continual interest in the literature on business...

... highlight potential strategies for Chinese firms to improve their maintenance management. Originality/value This paper deals with a neglected area of operations management by exploring the maintenance approaches in fast growing Chinese manufacturing industries. Chinese firms are battling...

... Manufacturing industries Service industries Spain To test the influence of the variables identified in the previous section, in the empirical test we use data from the survey on technological innovation in firms carried out by the The National Statistics Institute (NSI), in 2000, which is contained...

.... According to the aforementioned theoretical assumptions, the following research hypothesis is evaluated: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Organizations Learning Knowledge creation Innovation Manufacturing industries Spain In a world in which markets, products, technologies...

... in the Asia/Pacific region. It is also the first study providing comparison results regarding ERP implementation in manufacturing firms in Asian, North American, and European countries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Manufacturing resource planning Manufacturing industries Korea...

... IT expertise. Originality/value This study fulfils its purpose – to support the importance of the six attributes related to business knowledge and compentence in IT personnel. Line managers Communication technologies Manufacturing industries Recruitment Management skills United States of America...

... Manufacturing industries A Comparison of Test Marketing Practices of Large and Small Consumer Goods Manufacturing Firms by Bhagaban Panigrahi, Fred O. Ede and Stephen Calcich Abstract Data collected from 202 large and 92 small consumer goods manufacturing firms were analysed to examine the perceptions...