International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 24 Issue 7

External technology integration in product and process development

Gregory N. Stock, Mohan V. Tatikonda

This paper empirically examines the process of acquiring technology from a source, external to the firm, and incorporating it into a new product or operational process under…

Quality management practices in the purchasing function: An empirical study

Cristóbal Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Ángel R. Martínez‐Lorente

The topic of this research focuses on firm's perceived implementation of quality management practices in the purchasing function. More specifically, this paper describes an…

Outsourcing in Australia

Nicholas Beaumont, Amrik Sohal

This paper reports on data pertaining to outsourcing collected from a survey administered in 2002 in Australia. The underlying assumption was that outsourcing is becoming popular…

Testing the four‐stage model of the strategic role of operations in a UK context

David Barnes, Frank Rowbotham

This paper reports on research aimed at operationalising the Hayes and Wheelwright four‐stage model describing the strategic role of operations. Although this model has classic…

The measurement of manufacturing virtuality

Margaret Webster, David M. Sugden, Mike E. Tayles

The paper discusses the measurement of manufacturing virtuality and, in doing so, contributes to knowledge in the fields of operations strategy, operations management and…