Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 112 Issue 5

The consumption values and consumer innovativeness on convergence products

Won‐Moo Hur, Jeong‐Ju Yoo, Te‐Lin Chung

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of consumption values and the moderating role of consumer innovativeness for intentions to purchase convergence home robots.

Innovativeness, empowerment and IT capability: evidence from SMEs

Roman Kmieciak, Anna Michna, Anna Meczynska

The purpose of this paper is to explore two basic research questions: what are the effects of information technology (IT) capability and employee empowerment on the innovativeness…

Manufacturing strategies for time based competitive advantages

Yong Lin, Shihua Ma, Li Zhou

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the current manufacturing strategies and practices of bus manufacturers in China, and to propose a framework of manufacturing…

Technology adoption and performance impact in innovation domains

Carolin Plewa, Indrit Troshani, Anthony Francis, Giselle Rampersad

Despite the growing prominence of innovation, limited studies examine the adoption of applications that support innovation processes. The purpose of this study is to investigate…

Correlating service touch‐point preferences with engagement parameters

Udechukwu Ojiako, Maxwell Chipulu, Andrew Graesser

This paper aims to contribute to extant research which emphasises the need for service suppliers to be able to leverage firm‐customer relationships through an understanding of the…

Technology forecasting using matrix map and patent clustering

Sunghae Jun, Sang Sung Park, Dong Sik Jang

The purpose of this paper is to propose an objective method for technology forecasting (TF). For the construction of the proposed model, the paper aims to consider new approaches…

An analysis of critical information technology issues facing organizations

Alan R. Peslak

The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyze the views of top financial executives on the information systems (IS) in their organizations and to study the critical…

Difficulties and benefits of integrated management systems

Alexandra Simon, Stanislav Karapetrovic, Martí Casadesús

In recent years, the number of management systems (MSs) has sharply increased. These MSs can be certified with, for example, the quality standard ISO 9001 or the environmental…