Outputs (297)

Making projects critical 15 years on: a retrospective reflection (2001-2016) (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the formation and evolution of the “Making Projects Critical” movement in project management research. Design/methodology/approach: Retrospective and discursi... Read More about Making projects critical 15 years on: a retrospective reflection (2001-2016).

The politics of projects in technology-intensive work (2016)
Journal Article

Editorial

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.

Barriers to supply chain integration: The case of Vietnamese textile and apparel enterprises (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To identify the barriers of supply chain integration and propose solutions through empirical study

Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, we seek to entwine a number of epistemic and practical perspectives around an activity that is increasingly the foundation of knowledge production: the funded research project. Specifically, we have chosen as our example a project comm... Read More about Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted?.

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.

Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The academic literature and research lines exploring the effect of quality improvement methods on environmental performance still remain in early stages. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investi... Read More about Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review.

Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Green warehouse management plays a significant part in developing a carbon efficient supply chain. This research examines the behaviour change in warehouse management decisions under the cap-and-trade emission policy and explores... Read More about Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy.

Technological capabilities, resilience capabilities and organizational effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Previous research has defined resilience as a desirable characteristic for an organization and its members to possess when circumstances adversely change. Resilience is analysed... Read More about Technological capabilities, resilience capabilities and organizational effectiveness.

A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental barriers/challenges, benefits, commonly used tools and techniques, organisational infrastructure and impact on organisational performance in... Read More about A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies.

Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives (2016)
Journal Article

© 2015 National Research University Higher School of Economics. This paper argues that in order to deliver greater levels of sustainable performance, environmental strategy should be addressed at the supply chain level and not just at the level of th... Read More about Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives.

Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This br... Read More about Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd..

ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Growing interest on business collaboration motivates todays industries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to establish and manage dynamic and non-hierarchical business networks to respond to market opportunitie... Read More about ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products.

Made in India: An interview with Mr Vimal Mahendru, CEO, Indo-Asian Fusegear Ltd. (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This br... Read More about Made in India: An interview with Mr Vimal Mahendru, CEO, Indo-Asian Fusegear Ltd..

Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics? (2016)
Journal Article

This paper discusses how the pharmaceutical distribution sector as evolved in the past decades and the role of servitization in an ever changing market led by big players. An empirical analysis was conducted on Portuguese and Spanish distributors whi... Read More about Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics?.

Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the face of increasing demand for patient care and service quality combined with increasing levels of underfunding the UK National Health Service (NHS) is under pressure to find innovative ways to improve patient outcomes and provide efficiency. D... Read More about Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice.

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.

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.

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 project (management) discourse and its consequences: On vulnerability and unsustainability in project-based work (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In this paper, we examine how the discourses related to project-based work and management are drawn upon in the organising of contemporary work, and the implications they have for project workers. We are interested in... Read More about The project (management) discourse and its consequences: On vulnerability and unsustainability in project-based work.