Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 116 Issue 1

Using PLS path modeling in new technology research: updated guidelines

Jörg Henseler, Geoffrey Hubona, Pauline Ash Ray

Partial least squares (PLS) path modeling is a variance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) technique that is widely applied in business and social sciences. Its ability to…

Unlocking supply chain disruption risk within the Thai beverage industry

Ying Kei Tse, Rupert L. Matthews, Kim Hua Tan, Yuji Sato, Chaipong Pongpanich

A growing need for global sourcing of business has subjected firms to higher levels of uncertainty and increased risk of supply disruption. Differences in industry and…

Impact of chief information officer’s strategic knowledge and structural power on enterprise systems success

Zhen Shao, Tienan Wang, Yuqiang Feng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of chief information officer’s (CIO’s) strategic knowledge and structural power on enterprise systems (ES) success in the…

A detailed calculation model for costing of green manufacturing

Ifeyinwa Orji, Sun Wei

Manufacturing firms are expected to implement green manufacturing and increase product complexity at a competitive price. However, a major problem for engineering managers is to…

Antecedents of online purchasing behaviour in the tourism sector

Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent, Marta Mas-Machuca, Frederic Marimon

The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, it investigates antecedents of online purchasing behaviour, taking into account the relationships between the constructs of service…

Prior knowledge, transformative learning and performance

Wen-Hai Chih, Ling-Chu Huang, Tsung-Ju Yang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the prior knowledge perspective on e-business environments to maintain expertise by firms. The perspectives indicate the crucial of…

Methodology of technological evolution for three-dimensional printing

Sangsung Park, Juhwan Kim, Hongchul Lee, Dongsik Jang, Sunghae Jun

An increasing amount of attention is being paid to three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. The technology itself is based on diverse technologies such as laser beams and…

Optimal design of a multi-server queueing system with delay information

Miao Yu, Jun Gong, Jiafu TANG

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for the optimal design of queueing systems of call centers with delay information. The main decisions in the design of such…

Assessing the internalization of the mission

Frederic Marimon, Marta Mas-Machuca, Carlos Rey

Many companies have a mission statement that they disseminate through corporate communication to stakeholders and particularly to employees. However, the communication action…

Social capital, motivations, and mobile coupon sharing

Xuefeng Zhao, Qing Tang, Shan Liu, Fen Liu

The purpose of this paper is to integrate social capital theory and motivation theory to identify the factors that affect the intention of users to share mobile coupons…