Outputs (678)

Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Long-term support agreements such as availability-based contracts are often associated with the servitization of business models in such sectors as defence aerospace. In practice, there is no unambiguous way of linking availabili... Read More about Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability.

Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Leadership has a major impact on organizational performance (Agle et al., 2006; Felfe and Schyns, 2004; Peterson et al., 2003). However, results are still conflicting regarding these effects and research... Read More about Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles.

Digital dark matter within product service systems (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The unobserved benefits of digital technologies are described as digital dark matter. Product service systems (PSSs) are bundles of products and services that deliver value in use, which is unobserved bu... Read More about Digital dark matter within product service systems.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true desi... Read More about The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. This empirical research investigates the influence of service innovation on the performance of service SMEs, especially within the context of a country with an emerging economy as it i... Read More about Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs.

The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and associated empirical evidence for the pe... Read More about The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation.

Exploring the opportunity to improve SCM in farmer-supplier relationships in emerging economies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the possibility to provide a platform or a framework to the small and medium producers and often times less organized agricultural farmers’ in developing nations which can help them choose the most appropriate buyer for their prod... Read More about Exploring the opportunity to improve SCM in farmer-supplier relationships in emerging economies.

Teach a man to fish: A case study of entrepreneurship education in conflict-ridden Maiduguri Nigeria (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The abduction in April 2014 of more than 250 school girls in Chibok, a small town near Maiduguri Nigeria, drew international attention to the scale of terror unleashed by the dreaded Boko Haram in the region. Stakeholders have recognised the urgent n... Read More about Teach a man to fish: A case study of entrepreneurship education in conflict-ridden Maiduguri Nigeria.

Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the face of increasing demand for patient care and service quality combined with increasing levels of underfunding the UK National Health Service (NHS) is under pressure to find innovative ways to improve patient outcomes and provide efficiency. D... Read More about Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice.

Revitalising safety practices in construction projects: The case of Nigeria and United Kingdom (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry plays a vital role in boosting the global economy. From the reviewed literature, studies indicate that the industry is also hazardous and frequently accident prone. This study examined safety practices of construction indust... Read More about Revitalising safety practices in construction projects: The case of Nigeria and United Kingdom.

Barriers to supply chain integration: The case of Vietnamese textile and apparel enterprises (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To identify the barriers of supply chain integration and propose solutions through empirical study

Conversations in search of audiences: Prospects and challenges of marketing UK’s postgraduate higher education using social media (2016)
Book Chapter

It is no surprise that there are serious disparities between the rhetoric of education and the realities of education. Marketing of university curricula is a challenge that is increasingly becoming a difficult proposition as advances in social media... Read More about Conversations in search of audiences: Prospects and challenges of marketing UK’s postgraduate higher education using social media.

Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Green warehouse management plays a significant part in developing a carbon efficient supply chain. This research examines the behaviour change in warehouse management decisions under the cap-and-trade emission policy and explores... Read More about Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy.

Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Today’s internationalized business demands global mindset, intercultural sensitivity and the ability to skilfully negotiate through cross-cultural interactions. Therefore, the overall ai... Read More about Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects.

Technological capabilities, resilience capabilities and organizational effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Previous research has defined resilience as a desirable characteristic for an organization and its members to possess when circumstances adversely change. Resilience is analysed... Read More about Technological capabilities, resilience capabilities and organizational effectiveness.

Empirical evidence of an integrative knowledge competence framework for ERP systems implementation in UK industries (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems can greatly improve business productivity and better serve customers by creating values through integrating business processes and sharing current information. Knowledge Management (KM)... Read More about Empirical evidence of an integrative knowledge competence framework for ERP systems implementation in UK industries.

An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To ensure manufacturing organisations remain competitive, most of them are turning to total productive maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing to ensure seamless operations. Overall equ... Read More about An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness.

An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

One major theoretical issue that has dominated the construction field for many years, concerns the general misconception that lean can only be successfully applied to manufacturing. Its introduction into design and construction industry has been slow... Read More about An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction.

Big Data in the construction industry: A review of present status, opportunities, and future trends (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The ability to process large amounts of data and to extract useful insights from data has revolutionised society. This phenomenon—dubbed as Big Data—has applications for a wide assortment of industries, including the construction... Read More about Big Data in the construction industry: A review of present status, opportunities, and future trends.

Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between knowledge management and creation of intellectual property within the context of small and medium size manufacturing enterprises. De... Read More about Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs.