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Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research (2019)
Journal Article

As the industrialized agro-food supply systems have been commonly criticized for their adverse environmental and social impact, Short food supply chains have emerged as a promising sustainable alternative. Given that the history of SFSCs is relativel... Read More about Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research.

Aerospace industry in México and biofuels: A sustainability approach (2019)
Journal Article

The development of the aerospace industry in Mexico shows potential growth measured through the levels of state investment and the arrival of several international manufacturers to set up manufacturing production because of advantages offered by the... Read More about Aerospace industry in México and biofuels: A sustainability approach.

Understanding circular economy awareness and practices in manufacturing firms (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Circular economy (CE) has evolved as a result of the growing environmental awareness, environmental legislation and the need for social responsibility. However, awareness levels of CE are not as high as ex... Read More about Understanding circular economy awareness and practices in manufacturing firms.

HATLab/EPSRC DROPS project response to UN call on children’s rights in the digital environment
Other

Document contains the response sent by HATLab/ EPSRC DROPS project team to the UN Call for input on Children's Rights in the Digital Environment.

Supply Chain 4.0: concepts, maturity and research agenda (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Industry 4.0 is one of the most emergent research topics attracting significant interest by researchers as well as practitioners. Many articles have been published with regards Industry 4.0; however, there... Read More about Supply Chain 4.0: concepts, maturity and research agenda.

Influence of Big Data in managing cyber assets (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Today, Big Data plays an imperative role in the creation, maintenance and loss of cyber assets of organisations. Research in connection to Big Data and cyber asset management is embryonic. Using evidence,... Read More about Influence of Big Data in managing cyber assets.

National systems of innovation, innovation niches, and diversity in university systems (2019)
Journal Article

Universities have come to represent strategic sites for the production of knowledge and innovations driving major economic and societal transformations. In this paper, we examine the role universities play in national innovation systems. Developing... Read More about National systems of innovation, innovation niches, and diversity in university systems.

Big data application in manufacturing industry
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.

Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review (2018)
Book Chapter

The recent ongoing changes to the UK higher education sector have put immense pressure on both academics and students. Where academics are working hard to enhance the quality of the educational product, students, on the other hand, are struggling wit... Read More about Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review.

The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Evidence suggests that manufacturing companies have tried to address the current environmental challenges derived from their operations by implementing various operational environmental sustainability approaches, including green m... Read More about The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector.

The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Performing well in developing production industry is an important factor for companies to survive and sustain a competitive edge in the current turbulent business environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of learning orientation... Read More about The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty.

Green and lean: a Gemba–Kaizen model for sustainability enhancement (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the encouraging results obtained from the application of Green Lean, organizations have found the integration of Green and Lean, and their implementation as an integrated... Read More about Green and lean: a Gemba–Kaizen model for sustainability enhancement.

National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 Society for Research into Higher Education. This paper investigates the role of the higher education system (HES) in the production of national innovation. We focus on the issue of institutional diversity of HESs and its impact on national inn... Read More about National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training.

Link channels or how to enhance upstream-downstream relations in servitized contexts
Journal Article

By more closely engaging with their customer base firms create link channels which places the customer as the determinant in the process of understanding needs for value creation. To better understand the relevance and applicability of link channels,... Read More about Link channels or how to enhance upstream-downstream relations in servitized contexts.

Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Servitisation is a strategic transition of firms towards the creation of additional value through services. In this study, we adopt a data-driven approach and assume that company activity descriptions are representative of their activity and partly r... Read More about Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis.

A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Considering its significant contribution to the global Gross Domestic Product, improving an understanding of risks affecting the sustainability of operation in small and medium enterprises in a networked economy is undeniably important. Unfortunate... Read More about A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises.

Analysis of critical success factors for implementing industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain – moving towards sustainable operations (2021)
Journal Article

Many threats, such as scarcity of sources and climate change, are forcing the business community to examine their commitment towards the environment and society. Because of this pressure, companies have started to implement long term sustainable prac... Read More about Analysis of critical success factors for implementing industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain – moving towards sustainable operations.

Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is little research documenting the use of clean technologies (CT) in Agribusiness in Mexico. In this regard, the objective of this article is to provide an in-depth literature review that can cover this gap and help decision-makers and investor... Read More about Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review.

Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In recent years, circular economy (CE) has come to prominence as an alternative to the classic approach of “make-use-dispose”. How companies can exploit the opportunities of CE to position themselves bette... Read More about Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers.

Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry (2017)
Journal Article

© 2018, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality practices of European pharmaceutical manufacturers to determine the level of readiness of this industrial sector to implement and/or sustain lean manufa... Read More about Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.