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In direct breach of managerial edicts: a practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms (2018)
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© 2018 RADMA and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Drawing on practice as a meta-theoretical lens, we explore creative deviance (CD): wilful violation of managerial orders by employee(s) to pursue creative ideas. Data for our inquiry comes from in-depth interv... Read More about In direct breach of managerial edicts: a practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms.

Waste-efficient materials procurement for construction projects: A structural equation modelling of critical success factors (2018)
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© 2018 Albeit the understanding that construction waste is caused by activities ranging from all stages of project delivery process, research efforts have been concentrated on design and construction stages, while the possibility of reducing waste th... Read More about Waste-efficient materials procurement for construction projects: A structural equation modelling of critical success factors.

Understanding customer satisfaction in the UK quick service restaurant industry: The influence of the tangible attributes of perceived service quality (2018)
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© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the five dimensions of service quality on customer satisfaction in the UK fast food market and to indicate which factors among the five dimensions have... Read More about Understanding customer satisfaction in the UK quick service restaurant industry: The influence of the tangible attributes of perceived service quality.

Network as an intangible resource: an evolutionary approach within Indonesian shipbuilding industry (2018)
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Shipbuilding as a megaproject has many uncertainties due to the overlapping design and construction activity. It is primarily driven by the substantial time and complexity involved in designing a ship and by the irregular pattern of demand from ship-... Read More about Network as an intangible resource: an evolutionary approach within Indonesian shipbuilding industry.

A review and reflection on inventory management of perishable products in a single-echelon model (2018)
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This paper reviews research on single-echelon inventory management of perishable products using the continuous review model. A steady progression of research in this area has included of a range of parameters and is reaching a saturation point where... Read More about A review and reflection on inventory management of perishable products in a single-echelon model.

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

Relatedness, co-inquiring and imagination: Mimetic images of recovery (2018)
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the methodological challenges of developing a shared academic-student discourse of recovery with undergraduate students in their final year at a British business school.
We reflect on the meaning of recovery a... Read More about Relatedness, co-inquiring and imagination: Mimetic images of recovery.

Investigating the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the aerospace industry (2018)
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Aerospace companies implement certain quality management and environmental standards, e.g. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements specific to the aerospace industry.
The big question is whether the implementation of the ISO standards... Read More about Investigating the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the aerospace industry.

Academic research into marketing: Many publications, but little impact? (2018)
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© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. This article reviews some issues associated with the way in which academic research into marketing is evaluated by UK educ... Read More about Academic research into marketing: Many publications, but little impact?.

Lean manufacturing adoption in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand – An exploratory study (2018)
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This paper investigates the adoption status of lean manufacturing (LM) in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand. A survey questionnaire was design, validated and distributed among Thai transport and logistics companies. In total, 120 useable... Read More about Lean manufacturing adoption in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand – An exploratory study.

A smart grid framework for optimally integrating supply-side, demand-side and transmission line management systems (2018)
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. A coordinated centralized energy management system (ConCEMS) is presented in this paper that seeks to integrate for optimal grid operation-The supply side energy management system (SSEMS), hom... Read More about A smart grid framework for optimally integrating supply-side, demand-side and transmission line management systems.

Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector (2018)
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© 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: To address the critical sustainability challenges currently faced by China, manufacturers in this country have committed to improve their environmental performance. To support this commitment, evidence sugg... Read More about Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector.

Innovation and growth in family-owned Mexican SMEs (2018)
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This paper studies the relationship between innovation and the level of growth in family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this is done within the context of Mexico. The conceptual framework of analysis is based on the hypothesis... Read More about Innovation and growth in family-owned Mexican SMEs.

Nigeria's energy poverty: Insights and implications for smart policies and framework towards a smart Nigeria electricity network (2018)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd A thorough and exhaustive review of relevant literature and associated works is carried out to critically examine energy poverty in Nigeria with respect to ownership and income. Using the desktop approach and empirical formulas, t... Read More about Nigeria's energy poverty: Insights and implications for smart policies and framework towards a smart Nigeria electricity network.

A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry (2018)
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© 2018 The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the realisation of the need for productivity improvements and a leverage for eff... Read More about A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry.

Understanding IT governance effectiveness in Asia: An event study (2017)
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The study seeks to examine the impact of Information technology (IT) governance structure, process and relational mechanisms on firm performance. Using an event study, we collected a sample of 70 announcements of IT governance adoption investments. W... Read More about Understanding IT governance effectiveness in Asia: An event study.

Accreditations and internationalization of the Business School Curricula (2017)
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Critical success factors for build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects in China (2017)
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This study aims to create a list of CSFs for China’s BOT projects to help organizations achieve project success. We first describe the role of CSFs in terms of three broad categories of whether BOT projects adopt strategies for risk transfer, the deg... Read More about Critical success factors for build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects in China.

A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd A constant evolution in the efficiency of production systems and government policies has enabled the control of the environmental impact of production activities and encouraged companies to develop strategies to achieve more susta... Read More about A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil.

Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected? (2017)
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In recent years user acceptance of a new technology has become of much interest. One of the most outstanding global problems facing Africa is the digital divide. However, the use and adoption of mobile phones is reducing the digital divide in Africa.... Read More about Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected?.