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Servitization - Complex engineering service availability: Is a paradigm shift in the business model and service enterprise required? (2013)
Journal Article

Servitization is the move by firms to gain value from service associated with their products, which requires a strategic rather than incremental change in the provider firm.

Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation (2014)
Journal Article

This paper provides generic implementation guidelines for an electronic supplier Kanban in the form of an eight-step implementation Framework. This has been tested, proven and realised, providing a clear process to follow. The steps provide a clear p... Read More about Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation.

Indian business leaders’ perceptions of trade competition from China (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Emerging as forces that could potentially re-set the global economic compass, China and India represent an important bilateral force against a climate of recession. This paper considers the perceptions of this growing economic relationship from an un... Read More about Indian business leaders’ perceptions of trade competition from China.

Global engineer: A springboard for the next decade (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building quality management systems: Selecting the right methods and tools (2013)
Book

Innovation management and dynamic capability (2013)
Book Chapter

Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company (2013)
Book Chapter

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013. Distribution is an important activity in the integrated supply-chain management for pharmaceutical products, especially when these goods have to travel long distances from manufacturing facilities... Read More about Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company.

Using Data in Decision-Making: Analysis from the Music Industry (2014)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Internet use provides an increasing amount of data that has potential value for managers and policy makers but, without a precise understanding of the meaning of data, erroneous conclusions may be drawn which... Read More about Using Data in Decision-Making: Analysis from the Music Industry.

Time for a real shift to relations: Appraisal of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry (2013)
Journal Article

The Social Network Analysis (SNA) has been adopted in the UK construction management research and generated meaningful insights in analysing project management organisations from network perspectives. As an effective tool, social network analysis has... Read More about Time for a real shift to relations: Appraisal of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry.

Social innovation in practice: The role of relationships in developing, acquiring and utilising dynamic capabilities in social enterprises (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In a constantly changing environment social enterprises (SEs) need to utilise dynamic capabilities in their pursuit of social innovation. Addressing the ‘double bottom line’ of both social and financial goals, alongside managing the challenge of fluc... Read More about Social innovation in practice: The role of relationships in developing, acquiring and utilising dynamic capabilities in social enterprises.

Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Outsourcing has been commonly practised within the private sector for decades and the outsourcing of publically provided services is becoming evermore prevalent as the pulic sector responds to the need to bring about ‘more for less’. Despite this pre... Read More about Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions.

Supply and demand chain management: The effect of adding services to product offerings (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how firms manage their product and service offerings, integrating supply chain management (SCM) and demand chain management (DCM) strategies. Adding services to the product portfolio of a firm may b... Read More about Supply and demand chain management: The effect of adding services to product offerings.

Revitalising safety practices in construction projects: The case of Nigeria and United Kingdom (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry plays a vital role in boosting the global economy. From the reviewed literature, studies indicate that the industry is also hazardous and frequently accident prone. This study examined safety practices of construction indust... Read More about Revitalising safety practices in construction projects: The case of Nigeria and United Kingdom.

Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Business improvement initiatives have benefit for both an organisation’s operational effectiveness and its knowledge acquisition capabilities. These have a synergistic effect upon the ability to gai... Read More about Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity.

Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This discussion paper aims to set out the key challenges and opportunities emerging from distributed manufacturing (DM). We begin by describing the concept, available definitions and con... Read More about Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities.

Applying forgotten lessons in field reliability data analysis to performance-based support contracts (2016)
Journal Article

Assumptions used in field reliability data analysis may be seldom made explicit or questioned in practice, yet these assumptions affect how engineering managers develop metrics for use in long-term support contracts. To address this issue, this artic... Read More about Applying forgotten lessons in field reliability data analysis to performance-based support contracts.

Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper we explore how existential hermeneutic (and philosophical questioning more broadly) might provide a deeper understanding of manifestations of epistemic violence in project-based organising and project management practice, and the possib... Read More about Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice.

An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

One major theoretical issue that has dominated the construction field for many years, concerns the general misconception that lean can only be successfully applied to manufacturing. Its introduction into design and construction industry has been slow... Read More about An appraisal of lean construction project delivery application of lean construction.

A family business perspective on emergence and potential of mass retail industry in India (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 brie... Read More about A family business perspective on emergence and potential of mass retail industry in India.

Innovation, energy efficiency, & sustainable development: A strategic shift from linear to non-linear models of development (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We need to realise that developing/emerging economies don’t have to copy the models/ routes adopted and proposed by the developed countries. Existing models may have become redundant, obsolete and inapplicable to the new world economies.