Purpose: Although Heijunka (production levelling or smoothing) is a lean tool designed to balance changing customer needs and production efficiency, this study aims to analyze the impact of Heijunka and identify various factors which can generally affect its successful implementation....

Universities are expected to play a proactive role in the sustainable development and transformation of their regions. However, they face external and internal barriers to play that role. One possible approach to overcome those barriers is through transformative academic institutions (TAIs)....

Purpose: Implementing process management methodology through Lean Management and Design Thinking provides a new way to manage surgical blocks, maximize efficiency and adapt to the high variability of demand. This article presents our experience of implementing a set of improvement actions within...

Our paper presents teaching, learning, management, and recommendations for promoting the safe usage of micro vehicles, a trend in today's traffic. However, since we do not know how to use new vehicles in our traffic, the trend of incidents, severe injuries, and even first deaths is quickly...

Part I- Introduction to Qualitative Research Approach -- 1. Overview of Qualitative Research -- Part II- Qualitative Research Strategies -- 2. Research Strategies According to the Constructivist Paradigm -- 3.Research Strategies According to the Pragmatic Paradigm -- 4. Research Strategies...

Prior accounting research highlights the neoliberal discourse that dominates development institutions’ thinking and practices, including its market-focused representations of what it means to be an “empowered women”. Building on Tanima et al. (2020, 2023a,b), we report on a critical...

Classroom interaction is a vital factor for teaching and learning second language. Numerous studies were conducted by researchers to shed a light on different aspects of this concept. Many different features of classroom interaction were dealt with researchers such as feedback, questioning,...

Action research is seen as an opportunity for learning. Available models including but not limited to the Kemmis and McTaggart Spiral, and Lewin's Action Research Model serve as valuable guides to conducting action research. Dr. Munir Moosa has proposed Octopus angulated action research model....

This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on rural development programs aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Global South. The research question examines how the Smart Rural Communities (SRC) framework can support the SDGs as an international cooperation model....

The food system nowadays has proven to be unsustainable from the ecological and social points of view and the need of supporting food security and sustainability through local, short-supply chain food systems is manifest. Against this background, several municipalities all over the world have...

While the benefits of including local communities in multi-stakeholder initiatives have been acknowledged, their successful involvement remains a challenging process. Research has shown that large business interests are regularly over-represented and that local communities remain marginalized in...

Regenerative tourism has emerged as a critical evolution from traditional approaches to sustainable tourism, which have proven insufficient to address contemporary environmental, social, and economic challenges. This study examines the case of 'Aves de la Sierra' in Huelva, Spain, a pioneering...

1. Foundations for design science methodology -- 2. Design science research -- 3. Design science methodology and design science cycle -- 4. The first phase of the design science cycle: Exploration phase -- 5. The second phase of the design science cycle: Synthesis phase -- 6. The third phase of...

Purpose: Business accelerators have rapidly emerged as prominent players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A key strategic decision in designing acceleration programs is whether to customize or standardize the new venture development program (Cohen et al., 2019). Recognizing a trade-off between...

Purpose: Employee participation is considered a fundamental pillar to implement continuous improvement. Based on this consideration, this article presents an action research case study in a large food manufacturer where employee participation is implemented. The experience has a two-fold...

Purpose: As an emerging field, the fifth generation, 5G, mobile communications technologies related business models have only been discussed to a limited extent in the literature, and platform business models in general have seldom been examined. The purpose of this paper is to explore how to...