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A lean-TOC approach for improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport and logistics operations (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The improvement of transport and logistics performance of Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) systems has been mainly addressed through mathematical modelling, operations research,... Read More about A lean-TOC approach for improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport and logistics operations.

A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper extends the approach of Lean transportation to improve the performance of emergency medical processes (EMP) by adapting its main concepts into the main characteristics... Read More about A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations.

The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in healthcare networks (2018)
Thesis

Abstract
This research investigated innovation diffusion in healthcare networks, focusing on the roles of contractual and relational governance mechanisms. The National Health Service (NHS) England is faced with many challenges, including an ageing... Read More about The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in healthcare networks.

Public accountability: The case of government guarantee scheme in PFI/PPP projects (2018)
Thesis

Although government guarantee scheme has become a well-known policy strategy for encouraging public-private infrastructure delivery. However, a huge concern with government guarantee in PFI/PPP is the issue of weak public accountability scrutiny. Thi... Read More about Public accountability: The case of government guarantee scheme in PFI/PPP projects.

Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs? (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In an environment where business uncertainty is the norm, developing innovation capability in an organisation is increasingly important. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that innovat... Read More about Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs?.

Does business model experimentation in dynamic contexts enhance value capture? (2018)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Established theory suggests that firms experiment with business models in dynamic contexts. However, the relationship between business model experimentation and organisational performance remains unclear... Read More about Does business model experimentation in dynamic contexts enhance value capture?.

Addressing “Wicked Problems”: Promoting the supply of innovations into complex healthcare networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

“Wicked problems” are complex, open-ended and intractable, encompassing public sector challenges such as poverty, healthcare problems, and unemployment which markets and bureaucracies often fail to address. It is proposed that inter-organisational ne... Read More about Addressing “Wicked Problems”: Promoting the supply of innovations into complex healthcare networks.

Directing Improvements in Primary Care Patient Experience through Analysis of Service Quality (2018)
Journal Article

© Health Research and Educational Trust Objective: To examine the influence of dimensions of service quality on patient experience of primary care. Data Sources/Study Setting: Data from the national GP Patient Survey in England 2014/15, with response... Read More about Directing Improvements in Primary Care Patient Experience through Analysis of Service Quality.

Technologies of freedom: Digital ethnicity of migrants (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given difficult conditions in different regions of the world, it is no wonder that people embark on journeys to regions where they may feel secure, seek refuge, be able to acquire a livelihood, as well as carry on a type of living. At the same time,... Read More about Technologies of freedom: Digital ethnicity of migrants.

Critical success factors for the implementation of enterprise systems: A literature review (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Since their inception into work organizations, enterprise systems (ES) have proved challenging for many organizations to implement successfully. This study seeks to advance our understanding of the ES success literatu... Read More about Critical success factors for the implementation of enterprise systems: A literature review.

Making it happen: The pivotal role of knowledge sharing for information technology deployment success during joint venture change (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Tacit and explicit knowledge sharing must be continually cultivated to enable information technology implementation success. Effective information technology deployment necessitates a holistic focus beyond technical a... Read More about Making it happen: The pivotal role of knowledge sharing for information technology deployment success during joint venture change.

Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The circular economy (CE) proposes an economic framework based on circular flows of products and materials. Transition towards a CE is underway, therefore, understanding the nature and s... Read More about Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective.

How social shopping retains customers? Capturing the essence of website quality and relationship quality (2018)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group. Social shopping as a result of the advancement of social media applications isincreasing considerably in e-commerce. As a consequence of the multifaceted phenomenon of social shopping, w... Read More about How social shopping retains customers? Capturing the essence of website quality and relationship quality.

Big data application in manufacturing industry (2018)
Book Chapter

Proliferation of modes of communication today also implies that people are generating a wide variety of data by themselves. At the same time the value of organisations has become increasingly dependent on the amount and type of data that it holds abo... Read More about Big data application in manufacturing industry.

The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations (2018)
Journal Article

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to achieve operational excellence, and in this way meet both traditional and contemporary organisational objectives such as profitability, efficiency, responsivenes... Read More about The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations.

Windowing television content: Lessons for digital business models (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. There is a market for successful distribution of television content using a Windowing strategy. This article investigates if a strategy where content is made available to consumers through different channels over time... Read More about Windowing television content: Lessons for digital business models.

Digital business models: Taxonomy and future research avenues (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Digital technologies reshape the competitive landscape as firms develop new means of value creation, delivery, and capture. The implementation and suitability of digital business models depend largely on the resources... Read More about Digital business models: Taxonomy and future research avenues.

Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Digitally enabled organizations are supported by new information and communication technologies, referred to as digital technologies, which increasingly promise enormous opportunities for growth. The study reviews 10... Read More about Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations.

Redistributed manufacturing in healthcare: Creating new value through disruptive innovation (2018)
Report

The RiHN White Paper is the first serious attempt to gather expertise and to explore applications in promising areas of healthcare that could benefit from RDM and covers early-stage user needs, challenges and priorities. The UK has an opportunity to... Read More about Redistributed manufacturing in healthcare: Creating new value through disruptive innovation.

Business model design–performance relationship under external and internal contingencies: Evidence from SMEs in an emerging economy (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd We examined Business Model (BM) designs – performance relationship and the moderating effects of firm age and external environment on this relationship. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of simultaneously operating dual BM d... Read More about Business model design–performance relationship under external and internal contingencies: Evidence from SMEs in an emerging economy.