International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 31 Issue 2

How relevant is OM research to managerial practice?: An empirical study of top executives' perceptions

Victoire de‐Margerie, Bin Jiang

Thus far, no study collects evidence from practitioners directly to investigate the characteristics of operations management (OM) research that appears to have impacts on OM…

Drivers and obstacles of product recovery activities in the Greek industry

Paraskevi Kapetanopoulou, George Tagaras

The purpose of this study is to assess the current state of affairs in the product recovery domain as perceived by Greek industry. The extent of involvement of original equipment…

The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean thinking in healthcare

Thanos Papadopoulos, Zoe Radnor, Yasmin Merali

The importance of networks in effecting the outcomes of change processes is well‐established in the literature. Whilst extant literature focuses predominantly on the structural…

Do drivers matter for the benefits of ISO 14001?

Iñaki Heras‐Saizarbitoria, German Arana Landín, José Francisco Molina‐Azorín

The ISO 14001 is already a global meta‐standard for implementing Environmental Management Systems. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of the sources of…