Table of contents
Operations management research: some reflections on evolution, models and empirical studies in OM
Roberto FilippiniIntroduces the special issue and starts with an overview of the evolution of OM studies. Examines the development of OM research, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, both as…
World‐class manufacturing project: overview and selected results
Barbara B. Flynn, Roger G. Schroeder, E. James Flynn, Sadao Sakakibara, Kimberly A. BatesA number of authors have used terms such as “world‐class manufacturing”, “high performance manufacturing” and others to describe comprehensive approaches to manufacturing…
GMRG survey research in operations management
D. Clay WhybarkThe Global Manufacturing Research Group (GMRG) is an informal group of researchers conducting operations management research throughout the world. Describes aspects of their…
Survey methodology issues in manufacturing strategy and practice research
Robert S. Collins, Carlos CordonIdentifies and discusses a number of methodological issues which can arise in the design and administration of instruments for the purpose of large‐scale survey research in…
An innovative survey in the transportation and distribution sector
Karel van Donselaar, Graham SharmanDescribes an experiment begun in 1994 at Eindhoven University in The Netherlands, which aimed for the integration of research, education and knowledge transfer to industry. This…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen