The purpose of this dissertation was to explore critical issues and challenges that might arise in agile software development processes with Scrum. It also sought to provide management guidelines to help organizations avoid and overcome barriers in adopting the Scrum method as a future software...

This paper analyses, from a Knowledge-based View of the Firm, how companies formulate and implement their knowledge management strategies (KMS). Specifically, we try to explore if certain specific KMS patterns exist as a function of the established objectives, knowledge management tools that are...

Aiming at the outstanding housing problems of the high vacancy rate in our country, on the basis of analyzing the reasons for existing vacant housing, we used the smart growth theory as a guide to solve the problem of vacant housing, and to reduce resource waste caused by vacant housing from...

The purpose of this paper is to explore differences of the manufacturing strategy between plants that produce in a global manufacturing network and such plants that are part of local production only. Both groups of firms serve a worldwide market. As methodology, the paper uses statistical...

Este trabajo analiza, desde el Enfoque basado en el Conocimiento, la manera en que las empresas formulan e implantan sus estrategias de Gestión del Conocimiento (EGC). En concreto, se trata de explorar si existen patrones específicos de EGC en función de los objetivos planteados, las...

Purpose – Continuous improvement (CI) is regarded as a powerful approach to achieve business excellence. However, the implementation is not simple as it involves managing a considerable amount of tangible and intangible factors throughout the whole organization. The purpose of this paper is to...