International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 66 Issue 1

Editorial

Thomas F. Burgess, John Heap

The effectiveness of strategic performance measurement systems

Kevin Baird

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the characteristics of strategic performance measurement systems (SPMSs) influence the effectiveness of such systems. Specifically, the…

The role of collaboration and technology diffusion on business performance

Latif Al-Hakim, Wu Lu

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the joint impact of trust, technology diffusion and organisational capacity on collaboration and investigate the effect of the…

Mergers and acquisitions in Brazilian industry: a study of spillover effects

Nádia Campos Pereira Bruhn, Cristina Lelis Leal Calegário, Francisval de Melo Carvalho, Renato Silvério Campos, Antônio Carlos dos Santos

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of different kinds of merger and acquisitions (M&As) on domestic industries’ productivity in the form of technological…

Productivity, quality and business performance: an empirical study

Anand Prakash, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Kapil Deo Prasad, Abhishek Kumar Singh

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate linkage among productivity, quality, and business performance in home-based brassware units in India.

Rethinking balanced scorecard (BSC) measures: formative versus reflective measurement models

Sungbum Park, Heeseok Lee, Seong Wook Chae

Most empirical balanced scorecard (BSC) studies have shown a tendency to wrongly employ reflective indicators instead of the more theoretically suitable formative indicators…

TQM and organizational performance using the balanced scorecard approach

Gholamhossein Mehralian, Jamal A. Nazari, Golnaz Nooriparto, Hamid Reza Rasekh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the implementation of total quality management (TQM) and organizational performance, using the balanced scorecard…

Identification of maintenance improvement potential using OEE assessment

Torbjörn Ylipää, Anders Skoogh, Jon Bokrantz, Maheshwaran Gopalakrishnan

The purpose of this paper is to identify maintenance improvement potentials using an overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) assessment within the manufacturing industry.