This study applies New Institutional theory to identify the social processes shaping the emergence of a standard setting body. Meyer and Rowan's classification of the mechanisms that lead to the creation of institutional rules—relational networks, degree of collective organisation and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study that examined the development of an assessment framework for public involvement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper has adopted a multi‐method approach that includes: a focused review of literature relating to...

Purpose – This paper aims to understand the impact of the internet on different value activities in a physical goods (newspaper) supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies were used to obtain rich data from three newspaper companies. The selected case study companies had...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the different types of adoption costs faced by organizations involved in the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) within supply networks, and to understand how these potential costs affect the likelihood of RFID adoption....

The use of cross-functional teams increases creativity in new product development leading to shorter development time and higher product innovativeness. Research in new product development has identified a number of organisational practices associated with supporting organisational creativity in...