Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 108 Issue 1

Competitive priorities for service providers: perspectives from Thailand

Kongkiti Phusavat, Rapee Kanchana

This paper aims to examine and describe competitive priorities for service providers in Thailand. This research responds to the need expressed by the Federation of Thai Industries…

A local collaboration as the most successful co‐ordination scenario in the supply chain

Marek Pawlak, Elżbieta Małyszek

The paper's purpose is to provide a method of reducing inventory costs in multi‐product and multi‐nodes supply chains (SC).

Organizational information systems: Rate of return and influencing variables as viewed by top financial executives

Alan R. Peslak

The overall purpose of this paper is to analyze variables that influence how top financial executives view their return on information technology (IT) investment in their…

Technical isomorphism at work: ERP‐embedded similarity‐enhancing mechanisms

Ronald Batenburg, Jos Benders, Heico van der Blonk

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the mechanisms inducing a user organization to conform with enterprise resource planning (ERP)‐embedded organizational logics and…

Exploring managerial flexibility: determinants and performance implications

Antonio J. Verdú‐Jover, José‐María Gómez‐Gras, Francisco J. Lloréns‐Montes

This paper aims to propose a model to assess managerial flexibility and its determinants.

An empirical evaluation of key factors contributing to internet abuse in the workplace

Jengchung V. Chen, Charlie C. Chen, Hsiao‐Han Yang

This study seeks to synthesize theories from communication, psychology and criminology to examine the factors that influence the two most popular topics in industry – internet…

Information needs in the outsourcing lifecycle

Gero Weimer, Stefan Seuring

The purpose of this paper is to identify information needs in the outsourcing lifecycle, and to prioritize them according to their importance for governing and controlling the…

Hybrid analytical hierarchy process model for supplier selection

Mehmet Sevkli, S.C. Lenny Koh, Selim Zaim, Mehmet Demirbag, Ekrem Tatoglu

This paper aims to propose a new approach called “analytical hierarchy process weighted fuzzy linear programming model (AHP‐FLP)” for supplier selection.