Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 109 Issue 4

Knowledge management adoption in times of crisis

Wei‐Tsong Wang

Organizations are threatened by business crises that may be prevented or lessened if critical knowledge is identified in advance. The purpose of this paper is to enhance the…

A planning solution for virtual business relationships

Rainer A. Sommer

This paper aims to show that the planning‐oriented reference model is a conceptual approach that may provide a more complete alignment of strategic information, governance…

Are supplier selection criteria going green? Case studies of companies in Brazil

Ana Beatriz L.S. Jabbour, Charbel J.C. Jabbour

The purpose of this paper is to verify if Brazilian companies are adopting environmental requirements in the supplier selection process. Further, this paper intends to analyze…

The role of partnership in supply chain performance

Il Ryu, SoonHu So, Chulmo Koo

Supply chain management emphasizes collaborative relationships between buyers and suppliers within a supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of…

Understanding the reverse logistics operations of a retailer: a pilot study

Hy Sonya Hsu, Christine A. Alexander, Zhiwei Zhu

The paper aims to illustrate the business process of reverse logistics by focusing on studying the business activities of the distribution center of a major department store.

Determinants of success in open source software networks

Luis V. Casaló, Jesús Cisneros, Carlos Flavián, Miguel Guinalíu

Open source software (OSS) products have rapidly acquired a notable importance in the last years among consumers and firms all over the world. They are mostly developed and…

Importance of performance information in managerial work

Erkki K. Laitinen

The purpose of this study is to analyse the connection between managerial job and importance of job‐relevant performance information.

Total agile design system model via literature exploration

S. Vinodh, G. Sundararaj, S.R. Devadasan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the researches reported in literature on agile manufacturing (AM) and determine the avenues by which agility can be imparted in traditional…