International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 37 Issue 7

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The effect of specialization on operational performance: A mixed-methods natural experiment in Danish healthcare services

Søren Halkjær, Rainer Lueg

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how specialization in hospitals affects operational performance, measured by the length of stay and readmission rate. The authors assess a…

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Global sourcing strategy and structure: towards a conceptual framework

Fu Jia, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor, Guido Nassimbeni

The purpose of this paper is to develop a synthesised conceptual framework for global sourcing (GS) strategy and structure.

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The role of geographical distance and its efficacy on global purchasing practices

Frank Wiengarten, Eamonn Ambrose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the geographical location of and thus the geographical distance between buyer and supplier impact on the efficacy…

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Knowledge capture to inform sustainable maritime operations

Andrei Kuznetsov, John Dinwoodie, David Gibbs, Mark Sansom, Harriet Knowles

The purpose of this paper is to report an explicit taxonomy of maritime operations (MO) to guide harbour masters (HMs) of smaller ports in planning more sustainable operations.

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Mapping the operations and supply chain management field: a journal governance perspective

Thomas F. Burgess, Paul Grimshaw, Luisa Huaccho Huatuco, Nicola E. Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to address the following research question: how do the interlocking editorial advisory boards (EABs) of operations and supply chain management (OSCM…

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Performance impact of supply chain partnership strategy-environment co-alignment

Prashant Srivastava, Karthik N.S. Iyer, Mohammed Y.A. Rawwas

The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding on supply chain partnership strategy-environment context co-alignment and its relationship with performance. Using the…

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Manufacturer-supplier relationships and service performance in service triads

Antonios Karatzas, Mark Johnson, Marko Bastl

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the manufacturer-supplier relationship in service performance within service triads.

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Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective

Rupert Lawrence Matthews, Bart L. MacCarthy, Christos Braziotis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how organisational learning (OL) can occur through process improvement (PI) activities, leading to sustained improvements over time in…

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Cover of International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN:

0144-3577

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Tobias Schoenherr
  • Prof. Constantin Blome
  • Robert D. Klassen