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Technology Transfer — An International Two‐way Street
Tập 87 Số 7/8 - Trang 3-9
Britain produces about six per cent of the world's technology, but is one of the few net exporters of licensed technology. R&D spend in the UK is smaller than its main competitors, and more R&D is financed by government. The UK must continue to license aggressively overseas and “license‐in” technology in order to maintain its position. The British Technology Group operates effectively in t......
Postponement strategies through business process redesign in automotive manufacturing: Knowledge innovation
Tập 106 Số 3 - Trang 307-326
– To demonstrate how postponement strategy can be applied in an automotive company by using business process redesign in the knowledge innovation context., – A demonstrative case was developed using simulation of alternative scenarios of cycle service levels (CSL) and product flexibility, etc. to determine the value of postponement (VOP) in a manufacturing process integrated with a supply process.......
Human factors in the adoption and performance of advanced manufacturing technology in unionized firms
Tập 100 Số 8 - Trang 389-402
Some researchers have found that unionized firms are less likely to pursue automation because high wage demands deprive them of the necessary capital required to invest in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). It has also been suggested that stringent work rules and technology agreements can make the substitution of new technology for union labor too expensive. Others have found, however, that ......
Customer segmentation based on commitment and ICT use
Tập 109 Số 2 - Trang 206-223
– The purpose of this paper is to determine and characterize groups of retail customers, based on their perception of commitment to the retailer and the degree of use of its technological equipment., – A CHAID algorithm is performed and differences between the resulting segments are tested through the analysis of variance., – Four segments are obtained that differ significantly in commitment to th......
The development and empirical validation of an e‐based supply chain strategy optimization model
Tập 103 Số 5 - Trang 347-360
Examines the formulation of supply chain strategies in complex environments. Argues that current state‐of‐the‐art e‐business and supply chain management, combined into the concept of e‐SCM, as well as the use of transaction cost theory, network theory and resource‐based theory, altogether can be used to form a model for analyzing supply chains with the purpose of reducing the uncertainty of formul......
Re‐engineering information technology: an enabler for the new business strategy
Tập 95 Số 2 - Trang 24-27
Addresses the need for re‐engineering information systems (IS) in a
rapidly changing environment, and the urgency of doing this to meet
current and future needs of organizations whose existence is dependent
on coping with rapidly changing requirements. Implicit in this view is
the need for restructuring the industry to meet new applications
including the creation of software for an era that has no......
Mapping supply chains on risk and customer sensitivity dimensions
Tập 106 Số 6 - Trang 878-895
– With the emergence of the concepts of lean, agile and leagile paradigms for supply chains, organizations have little idea as to which model suits them based on the their supply chain's ability to counter risks and take on the challenges of the fast changing customer preferences. This paper aims to map supply chains on these two dimensions., – A model is proposed by which suitable supply chain st......
Computer viruses: how companies can protect their systems
Tập 98 Số 1 - Trang 12-16
A computer virus is a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to include a copy of itself. When the infected programs are executed, the virus spreads itself to still other programs. Today’s society has seen a dramatic increase in the use of computers; as a result, businesses must take even more precautions to guard against the introduction of computer viruses into their systems.
Integration of marketing domain and R&D domain in NPD design process
Tập 107 Số 6 - Trang 780-801
– To solve the trade‐offs between marketing and R&D domains and to minimize information loss in new product development (NPD), this study proposes an integrated design process as a new solution to the interface system between the two domains., – House of Quality integrated with multivariate statistical analysis is used for determining important design features. These design features are used a......
Information systems development: a normalisation process theory perspective
Tập 111 Số 8 - Trang 1270-1286
– This paper utilises a case study to discuss the applicability of normalisation process theory (NPT) as an alternative lens in understanding how social processes impact on the information systems development (ISD) process., – The research was undertaken at an educational setting utilising a qualitative case approach., – The research suggests a framework based on NPT. This framework aims to provid......