Purpose – Globalisation of markets, the knowledge economy, e‐business and introduction of new technologies pose new challenges to all organizations irrespective of their size and sector for sustaining their competitiveness. In this scenario successful implementation of advanced manufacturing...

Purpose – National policy makers in India have realized that the research and development (R&D) performance of India has not been up to the benchmark. This paper aims to identify and develop the structural cause and effect relationship among various factors that affect the performance of...

Purpose – A number of approaches have been suggested in the literature for maintenance performance measurement, including use of the balanced scorecard (BSC). However, its application towards assessing maintenance contribution to business objectives is limited. Currently, a framework...