In this paper, we build on a longitudinal study of three different attempts at managing identity change within the same organization over a period of 25 years. The purpose of the paper is to develop an interpretative model that investigates how organizations may promote periodic renewal and...

Managing organizations in modern working conditions takes on an extremely new dimension. The trend of globalization, the creation of a single market, dictates the need for organizations themselves to change their activities, to implement new ways, methods, concepts of work and to...

Research institutions, individuals and some standardization organizations are provided with several solutions for integrating the IP network and the transport network management. These solutions, however, focus only on the technical aspects of interoperability between the IP network and the...

The operations management literature has recently begun to analyze how novel data sources help practitioners better understand product demand. We extend this stream of research by analyzing how air quality, a prominent environmental factor that has received little attention in prior studies, can...

In this paper, we develop a supply chain sourcing model that incorporates both sustainability and operational performance measures. The model selects suppliers and determines sustainability investments and order allocations among the selected suppliers. High sustainability performance as well as...

Bicycle manufacturing supply chain management is central to providing product and services at the right place, right time, right delivery and right price. The way supply chains are operated has a massive impact on the speed and quality of service that can be provided. Supply chain risks and...

In business-to-business (B2B), e-tendering is often mandated in situations where significant amount of money is involved in procurement of goods and services. This study focuses on Order-to-Cash (O2C), a sub-process of the larger Inquiry-to-Cash (I2C) process – an e-tender driven internal...

For supervising, controlling the various processes in a business for an effective manufacturing system like vendor - manufacturer relationship, customer manufacturer relationship, shop floor management in the production of goods or services, Operations management plays an important role....

Agile approach and its practices are becoming more and more critical to many organisations in the face of accelerating global competitive pressure and customers' growing demands. While agility promises to bring values to business, organisations are facing a range of challenges in their agile...

Broad Planning is a general concept that sets a simple road map to a destination. The word was used at various levels to imply different items. Planning involves splitting the project into definable, observable and recognizable tasks / activities and then defining the interdependencies between...