Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer deeper insight into the relationship between a subsidiary’s internal integration in its manufacturing network and subsidiary-level operational performance by taking into account the country context of the respective subsidiary....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance in setting the level of autonomy (i.e. parental control) of plants in a network to enhance operational performance. In particular, the effect of autonomy on performance is analysed directly and indirectly through internal manufacturing...

Einführung, Motivation und Überblick -- Teil I: Entwicklung datenbasierter Dienstleistungen -- 1 Datenbasierte Dienstleistungen: eine Einführung -- 2 Datenbasierte Dienstleistungen entwickeln, analysieren und konkretisieren -- 3 Methoden für die Entwicklung datenbasierter Dienstleistungen --...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of organizational context on the relationships between outsourcing and manufacturing flexibility. In doing so, the authors study four types of manufacturing flexibility: product, mix, volume, and labor competence flexibility....