Measuring Business Excellence: Volume 27 Issue 1

Assessing the impact of supply chain agility on operational performances-a PLS-SEM approach

Rashmi Ranjan Panigrahi, Duryodhan Jena, Jamini Ranjan Meher, Avinash K. Shrivastava

This study aims to examine the effect of supply chain agility (SCA) on operational performance (OP) measurements of steel manufacturing firms. It also investigates the role of…

How to stay high-performing: developing organizational grit

André de Waal, Jennifer Burrell, Sarah Drake, Chilufya Sampa, Tobias Mulimbika

In the past decades, there has been much research into ways organizations can become high-performing. Research into ways organizations can stay high-performing, especially in…

Driving competitiveness with RFID-enabled digital twin: case study from a global manufacturing firm’s supply chain

Ville Voipio, Kalle Elfvengren, Jukka Korpela, Jyri Vilko

The digital twin (DT) has become a heated topic among supply chain and information technology practitioners. While many papers in this area focus on technical tactics and…

Tailoring sustainability indicators to small and medium enterprises for measuring industrial sustainability performance

Azemeraw Tadesse Mengistu, Roberto Panizzolo

The lack of suitable indicators tailored to manufacturing industries’ needs, particularly to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has been the major challenge to measure and…

Uncovering the non-linear association between VAIC and the market value and financial performance of firms

Giuseppe Marzo, Stefano Bonnini

This paper aims to address empirical analyses of the association of the VAIC and its components with firms’ market and financial performance, demonstrating that the ill definition…

Social bricolage and social business model in uncertain contexts: insights for the management of minor cultural heritage in Italy

Adriana Scuotto, Mariavittoria Cicellin, Stefano Consiglio

This paper aims to analyse how social entrepreneurship organizations that use approach of social bricolage adapt their business model to develop social innovation. The past decade…

The impact of SMEs’ sustainability on competitiveness

Gabriela Citlalli Lopez-Torres

Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in sustainable development. Indeed, national and international governments call for urgent transformations into sustainable…

Transfer of knowledge from universities to organizations in the Ecuadorian context

Mayra Liuviana Vega Chica, Iván Manuel De la Vega Hernández

This study aims to examine the influence of absorptive capacity and learning motivation in the process of knowledge acquisition in students of higher education institutions and…

Sustainable value creation and organizational performance in industrial manufacturing companies

Julio César Acosta-Prado, Julián Andrés Gómez Sánchez, Oscar Hernán López-Montoya, Arnold Alejandro Tafur-Mendoza

This study aims to analyze the influence of sustainable value creation (composed of social, economic and environmental dimensions) on organizational performance in Colombian…

Blockchain for electronic medical record: assessing stakeholders’ readiness for successful blockchain adoption in health-care

Benedetta Nicolai, Salvatore Tallarico, Luisa Pellegrini, Luca Gastaldi, Giacomo Vella, Simone Lazzini

This paper aims to provide a helpful tool for those who plan to implement blockchain-based solutions for the governance of the electronic medical record (EMR) in health-care…