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Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the relatively extensive literature on VSM, limited reflection has been reported regarding how managerial proceedings actually put VSM into practice. This research therefore inve... Read More about Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors.

Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

(1) Research question This research aims at investigating the impact of servitization on firm financial performance of listed manufacturing companies. (2) Theoretical background Most of the existing research on industrial services and servitizatio... Read More about Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance.

Energy security and responses to climate change in Nigeria (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study examined energy security and the impact of climate change in Nigeria including the diverse policy and institutional strategies so far adopted by Nigerian government to mitigate its impact on the populace and environs. Using a content-drive... Read More about Energy security and responses to climate change in Nigeria.

‘Big data analytics’ for construction firms insolvency prediction models (2017)
Thesis

In a pioneering effort, this study is the first to develop a construction firms insolvency prediction model (CF-IPM) with Big Data Analytics (BDA); combine qualitative and quantitative variables; advanced artificial intelligence tools such as Random... Read More about ‘Big data analytics’ for construction firms insolvency prediction models.

The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in complex healthcare networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We investigate innovation diffusion in complex healthcare networks, focusing on the roles of contractual and relational governance. We report on an empirical investigation undertaken within the English National Health Service, presenting two in-dept... Read More about The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in complex healthcare networks.

Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in healthcare – a new business paradigm? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present the findings of a large-scale, collaborative project investigating RDM in healthcare. New technologies, small-scale flexible manufacturing equipment and novel manufacturing processes are driving the development of new business models and s... Read More about Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in healthcare – a new business paradigm?.

International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability (2017)
Book

Every day in the modern life, we see the organisation that are not of a local origin operate in our countries. These globalized organisations manage to operate successfully despite the fact that they will meet many obstacles in a foreign country.... Read More about International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability.

Ethical purchasing behaviour in retail: Food versus clothes
Journal Article

Ethical values and purchasing intentions held by consumers often do not match to their ethical purchasing behaviour, a concept referred to as the ethical purchasing gap. This research project investigates UK consumers ethical purchasing behaviour in... Read More about Ethical purchasing behaviour in retail: Food versus clothes.

Knowledge management for sustainability in operations (2019)
Journal Article

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) as a platform to enable sustainability in firms’ operations and to provide recommendations for managers to integrate sustainable operations into their business strategies... Read More about Knowledge management for sustainability in operations.

Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century (2017)
Book

The globalized and current competitive business environment of the twenty-first century has brought ever more hallenging pressures to the operations of organizations. In this century, operations are not only expected to contribute to the profitabilit... Read More about Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. This empirical research investigates the influence of service innovation on the performance of service SMEs, especially within the context of a country with an emerging economy as it i... Read More about Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs.

Knowledge prioritisation for ERP implementation success Perspectives of clients & implementation partners in UK industries (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose - Knowledge management is crucial for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation in real industrial environments, but this is a highly demanding task. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of knowledge ident... Read More about Knowledge prioritisation for ERP implementation success Perspectives of clients & implementation partners in UK industries.

Blockchain for good? (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The blockchain innovation appears to represent viable catalysts for achieving global sustainable development targets. Projects and initiatives seeking to extend the reach of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) seem... Read More about Blockchain for good?.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true desi... Read More about The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector.

Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Visibility of digital art and its ownership can be achieved using blockchain technology as part of a broader solution for the identification, attribution, and payment for digital work. A case study is provided of a fi... Read More about Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet.

The future of money and further applications of the blockchain (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Blockchain technology provides an exciting application space for innovation in diverse domains but threatens disintermediation for organizations providing a trusted and auditable account of ownership and transactions.... Read More about The future of money and further applications of the blockchain.

Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - Specific research related to the study of innovation barriers in service SMEs in the Latin American region is limited. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that external environmental, f... Read More about Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico.

Revitalising energy capital project development and execution strategies: Lessons from the energy sector (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This study sought to examine project delivery challenges currently being faced by energy clients and to determine how they could achieve value creation through better alignment of project delivery processes. There are impor... Read More about Revitalising energy capital project development and execution strategies: Lessons from the energy sector.

Operationalising IoT for reverse supply: the development of use-visibility measures (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Authors. Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This work is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) Licence Purpose – Improvement of reverse supply chains requires accurate and timely information about the patt... Read More about Operationalising IoT for reverse supply: the development of use-visibility measures.

Exploring the opportunity to improve SCM in farmer-supplier relationships in emerging economies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the possibility to provide a platform or a framework to the small and medium producers and often times less organized agricultural farmers’ in developing nations which can help them choose the most appropriate buyer for their prod... Read More about Exploring the opportunity to improve SCM in farmer-supplier relationships in emerging economies.