Outputs (681)

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.

Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Gamification is gaining momentum in Higher Education (HE) as scholars begin to enquire what they can learn from game experiences to improve students’ engagement and motivation (Niman, 2014). Gamification does not mean using games, instead it refers t... Read More about Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation.

Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges (2016)
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Purpose:
This paper describes the results of a research project aimed at investigating the moderating role of gamification on the development of entrepreneurial intentions through the use of online business challenges. Following the theory of plann... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges.

Internal market orientation and work-family balance in family businesses (2016)
Journal Article

This research paper aims at investigating the importance of work-family balance (WFB) on family businesses from Andalusia (Spain) and its impact on job satisfaction and employees' commitment. The research objectives are twofold: (1) to classify compa... Read More about Internal market orientation and work-family balance in family businesses.

Servitization, digitization and supply chain interdependency (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author(s) This study draws on literature at the intersection of servitization, digital business models and supply chain management. Work empirically explores how digital disruption has affected Business-to-Business (B2B) interdependencies.... Read More about Servitization, digitization and supply chain interdependency.

Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research aims at investigating the moderating role of co-creation in the implementation of servitization strategies (in a B2B context) in the pharmaceutical industry from the perspective of customers (that is the servitized firms).
Servitizati... Read More about Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective.

Gamification in higher education: An experiment to assess student’s engagement and motivation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Gamification in higher education: an experiment to assess students’ engagement and motivation.

A new perspective on customer satisfaction and service quality measurement using service-dominant logic (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Service-based performance measures assess discreet service encounters, rather than value-in-use. However, service-dominant logic suggests a longer term focus is more appropriate, offering businesses the chance to build relationships and customer loya... Read More about A new perspective on customer satisfaction and service quality measurement using service-dominant logic.

The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper focuses on the investigation of the effect of supply chain collaboration on the relationships between different levels of services (base, intermediate and advanced) and their impact on servitization consequences and performance within the... Read More about The effect of supply chain collaboration on the servitization strategies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of supply chain quality management (SCQM) practices on quality performance. Drawing on supply chain management and quality management literature we argue that quality performance is achieved... Read More about Supply chain quality management dimensions and their impact on quality performance.

Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This discussion paper aims to set out the key challenges and opportunities emerging from distributed manufacturing (DM). We begin by describing the concept, available definitions and con... Read More about Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities.

Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The transport and logistics sector is of vital importance for the stimulation of trade and hence the economic development of nations. However, over the last few years, this sector has ta... Read More about Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment.

Assessing the impact of digitisation on the local transport network in London (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation outlines the findings of a project that aimed at identifying and analyzing the key variables that would allow the impact of digital innovations on the London transportation network to be measured. Uber was the focus of the project d... Read More about Assessing the impact of digitisation on the local transport network in London.

The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between project-based organizing and the initiatives labelled as “development” by critically engaging with some unchallenged assumptions in... Read More about The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing.

Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age (2016)
Journal Article

Information systems (IS), since their introduction into organisations over five decades ago, have promised to streamline business processes, integrate disparate systems, increase innovation, and offer greater competitive advantage. Over the past deca... Read More about Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age.

A case study in estimating avionics availability from field reliability data (2016)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Under incentivized contractual mechanisms such as availability-based contracts, the support service provider and its customer must share a common understanding of equipment reliability baselines. Emphasis is... Read More about A case study in estimating avionics availability from field reliability data.

An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management (2016)
Journal Article

The philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Richard Rorty are used to redescribe the fundamental assumptions underpinning project management. Rather than viewing project management as merely a science, the significance and value of philosophy for projec... Read More about An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management.

Innovation, energy efficiency, & sustainable development: A strategic shift from linear to non-linear models of development (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We need to realise that developing/emerging economies don’t have to copy the models/ routes adopted and proposed by the developed countries. Existing models may have become redundant, obsolete and inapplicable to the new world economies.