Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 111 Issue 3

Warehousing in Northern Europe: longitudinal survey findings

Olli‐Pekka Hilmola, Harri Lorentz

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the development and change in priority of international warehouse location criteria during a business cycle (i.e. from years 2006 to…

Assessment of commercialization strategy using R&D capability

Chinho Lin, JyunLin Jiang, Ya‐Jung Wu, ChiaChi Chang

The purpose of this paper is to present a cooperation model identifying the R&D capability as the central driver of startup commercialization strategy, by which new startups can…

Semiconductor industry value chain: characters' technology evolution

Yung‐Ta Li, Mu‐Hsuan Huang, Dar‐Zen Chen

Foundry, Design House, and integrated device manufacturers (IDM) are major characters in the semiconductor industry value chain. The purpose of this paper is to discuss patterns…

Information communication technology spending in (2008‐) economic crisis

Katarina Rojko, Dušan Lesjak, Vasja Vehovar

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the recent (2008‐) economic crisis on information communication technology (ICT) spending. The empirical findings are…

Can Malaysian firms improve organizational/innovation performance via SCM?

Alain Y.L. Chong, Felix T.S. Chan, K.B. Ooi, J.J. Sim

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test a framework which identifies the relationships between supply chain management (SCM) practices, operational performance and…

Impact of experience on open inter‐organizational systems adoption

Wen Guang Qu, Zhongming Wang

Little research to date has investigated how firm experience and industry experience in related inter‐organizational systems (IOS) affect the adoption of open IOS. The purpose of…

Exploring a differentiated approach to total cost of ownership

Frederik Zachariassen, Jan Stentoft Arlbjørn

The purpose of this paper is to develop a differentiated approach to the cost management system of total cost of ownership (TCO), a system based on cost data. Existing TCO‐related…

Exploring the public sector adoption of HRIS

Indrit Troshani, Cate Jerram, Sally Rao Hill

Human resources information systems (HRIS) are becoming increasingly important in helping modern organizations manage their human assets effectively. Yet, HRIS adoption remains an…