Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 100 Issue 8

Improving competitiveness in a manufacturing value chain: issues dealing with the automobile sector in Argentina and Mercosur

Roberto Luchi, Marcelo Paladino

This paper describes the challenges being faced by different participants in the automobile sector value chain during Mercosur market consolidation. This is an extended case study…

A cross‐disciplinary model for improved information systems analysis

Thomas P. Loughman, Robert A. Fleck, Robin Snipes

As organizations seek to prosper in ever more complex and changing environments, they will require ever more sophisticated analysis and design tools. Current systems analysis…

Virtual teaming: a strategy for moving your organization into the new millennium

Stanley Stough, Sean Eom, James Buckenmyer

The concept of teams and teamwork is increasingly becoming an important key to productivity and employee satisfaction in the contemporary workplace. This paper looks at the…

Spreadsheets in business

J.D. Pemberton, A.J. Robson

The commercial spreadsheet is 21 years old and is now a commonplace business tool. To assess its impact on today’s modern business, this paper presents research based on a…

Human factors in the adoption and performance of advanced manufacturing technology in unionized firms

Michael H. Small, Mahmoud Yasin

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…

Small business DIY manual

The Electronic B@zaar: From the Silk Road to the eRoad

Robin Bloor

The Data Webhouse Toolkit: Building the Web‐enabled Data Warehouse

Ralph Kimball, Richard Merz

How to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace

Hoda Lacey