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Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites (2014)
Journal Article
Drew, H. (2014). Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 12(2), 77-86

Despite the fact that qualitative interviews are reputed to be an effective method of obtaining data from organizational elites, studies are concurrent on a number of obstacles which surround the interviewing of senior management. Problem areas flagg... Read More about Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites.

Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry (2014)
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Vasudeva, G., Alexander, E. A., & Jones, S. L. (2015). Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry. Organization Science, 26(3), 830-846. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0940

© 2015, INFORMS. Conceptualizing standard-setting organizations (SSOs) as technological arenas within which firms from different countries interact and learn, we offer insights into the interplay between firms' institutional logics and their interorg... Read More about Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry.

Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration (2014)
Journal Article
Chan, H. K., & Kumar, V. (2014). Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration. Production Planning and Control, 25(13-14), 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.808834

The Special Issue of Production Planning & Control, 2014 reflects the most recent advances on reference models in industrial and supply-chain applications. Liu and co-researchers study the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) in the aircraft spare p... Read More about Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration.

‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools (2014)
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De Vita, G., & Case, P. (2016). ‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools. Culture and Organization, 22(4), 348-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2014.971122

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. By introducing an intentionally provocative critique of managerialist regimes which typify contemporary UK business school culture, we argue that current business school management practices generate a climate of mistrust a... Read More about ‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools.

From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets (2014)
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Fleetwood, S. (2017). From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets. Forum for Social Economics, 46(1), 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2014.970567

© 2014 The Association for Social Economics. This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from the ‘socio-economics of labour markets’ (SELM), and critical realism (CR), to develop a SELMCRperspective, wh... Read More about From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets.

Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement (2014)
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Oyedele, L., Ajayi, S. O., & Kadiri, K. O. (2014). Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 93, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.011

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from conti... Read More about Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement.

Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work (2014)
Journal Article
Shortt, H. (2015). Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work. Human Relations, 68(4), 633-658. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726714536938

© The Author(s) 2015. This article draws attention to the spaces in-between and employees’ lived experiences of liminal spaces at work. It illustrates how and why liminal spaces are used and made meaningful by workers, in contrast to the dominant spa... Read More about Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work.

Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix (2014)
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Hughes, T. (2014). Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix. Prometheus, 32(4), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2014.971613

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The objective of the paper is to demonstrate how the theoretical ideas of service-dominant logic (S-D logic) can usefully be applied to innovation through collaboration among university, industry and government. The debate... Read More about Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix.

Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry (2014)
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Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kirkham, L., Kumar, V., & Antony, J. (2014). Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry. International Journal of Production Research, 52(18), 5323-5345. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903345

To improve their competitive ability, organisations are turning towards implementing improvements into their operations and processes. Whilst operations improvement projects are often identified with relative ease, resource constraints limit the abil... Read More about Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry.

An ERP knowledge transfer framework for strategic decisions in knowledge management in organization (2014)
Journal Article
Jayawickrama, U., Liu, S., & Smith, M. (2014). An ERP knowledge transfer framework for strategic decisions in knowledge management in organization. International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 5(4), 301-308. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIMT.2014.V5.530

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation requires wide range of knowledge from various parties and transferring the right amount of knowledge between individuals during implementation is of paramount importance. Hence, ERP knowledge t... Read More about An ERP knowledge transfer framework for strategic decisions in knowledge management in organization.

Cutting cost in service systems: Are you running with scissors? (2014)
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Thenent, N., Settanni, E., Parry, G., Goh, Y. M., & Newnes, L. (2014). Cutting cost in service systems: Are you running with scissors?. Strategic Change, 23(5-6), 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1981

A rigorous link between the domains of cost estimation, systems theory and accident investigation reveals fundamental epistemological limitations of commonly employed cost models when dealing with the characteristics of systems, particularly service... Read More about Cutting cost in service systems: Are you running with scissors?.

Value and servitization; Creating complex deployed responsive services (2014)
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Parry, G., & Tasker, P. (2014). Value and servitization; Creating complex deployed responsive services. Strategic Change, 23(5-6), 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1978

This paper presents a value framework which captures how manufacturing engineering firms are transforming from product to complex service provision where the service is delivered within the customer’s dynamic environment and their ability to capture... Read More about Value and servitization; Creating complex deployed responsive services.

The genesis of a scientific community: the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and the field of industrial relations in Britain, c.1950–1983 (2014)
Journal Article
Voskeritsian, H. (2014). The genesis of a scientific community: the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and the field of industrial relations in Britain, c.1950–1983. Labor History, 55(4), 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2014.948706

© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. Scholarship dealing with labour-related topics has been prevalent in Britain from the early twentieth century, but a scientific field dedicated exclusively to the study of industrial relations did not emerge until t... Read More about The genesis of a scientific community: the British Universities Industrial Relations Association and the field of industrial relations in Britain, c.1950–1983.

Servitization as a driver for organizational change (2014)
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Vendrell-Herrero, F., Parry, G., Bustinza, O., & O'Regan, N. (2014). Servitization as a driver for organizational change. Strategic Change, 23(5-6), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1976

Servitization is the move towards selling traditional product to selling a wide range of product-service bundle combinations. This movement contributes to firm sustainability and profitability and hence the competitiveness of nations. Key points:... Read More about Servitization as a driver for organizational change.

Qualitative middle-range research in operations management: The need for theory-driven empirical inquiry (2014)
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Soltani, E., Ahmed, P. K., Liao, Y. Y., & Anosike, P. U. (2014). Qualitative middle-range research in operations management: The need for theory-driven empirical inquiry. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 34(8), 1003-1027. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-11-2012-0486

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the potential of a qualitative middle-range research approach to contribute to the advancement of operations management (OM) field. Design/methodology/approach -To better signify such contribution, i... Read More about Qualitative middle-range research in operations management: The need for theory-driven empirical inquiry.

Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm (2014)
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Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Baldwin, C., Garza-Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (2014). Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(6), 827-847. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-01-2013-0001

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The academic literature and motivational theory recognise the positive role of motivation on organisational performance and considers personal development as a key motivational factor. In practice, most o... Read More about Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm.

Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach (2014)
Journal Article
Bhattacharya, A., Mohapatra, P., Kumar, V., Dey, P. K., Brady, M., Tiwari, M. K., & Nudurupati, S. S. (2014). Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach. Production Planning and Control, 25(8), 698-714. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.798088

The purpose of this paper is to delineate a green supply chain (GSC) performance measurement framework using an intra-organisational collaborative decision-making (CDM) approach. A fuzzy analytic network process (ANP)-based green-balanced scorecard (... Read More about Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach.

The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations (2014)
Journal Article
Belekoukias, I., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2014). The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations. International Journal of Production Research, 52(18), 5346-5366. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to improve their operations and processes. However, the real effect of these methods and tools on contemporary measures of operational performance, i.e. cost, speed... Read More about The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations.

The Organizing Dimensions of Strategic Foresight in High-Velocity Environments (2014)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., & O'Regan, N. (2014). The Organizing Dimensions of Strategic Foresight in High-Velocity Environments. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1965

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Strategic foresight promotes the enactment of organizationally useful actions and repertoires which enhance the entrepreneurial capabilities of firms embedded in high-velocity environments.