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Importance of continuous improvement and emerging technologies on service sector in firms in an emerging economy

Bernal-Torres, César A.; Paipa, Luis; Jarrah-Nezhad, Yavar - 2026

Purpose: This study examines the impact of continuous improvement practices and emerging technologies on business performance in the service sector of an emerging economy. It seeks to identify whether these factors contribute positively to competitiveness and how their effects compare to...

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Process improvement in an onshore wind turbine blade industrial unit

Silva, Beatriz Oliveira; Matias, João Carlos Oliveira; … - 2026

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Smarter idea selection : turning idea overload into innovation advantage

Bell, J. Jason; Pescher, Christian; Tellis, Gerard J.; … - 2026

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Investigation of sustainability failures of ISO 9001 quality management system : a case of Botswana

Jacob, Letso Audrey; Gandure, Jerekias; Kommula, … - 2025

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The Change Agent's Field Guide : Mastering the Intersections of Change Management and Continuous Improvement

Stone, Kyle Bradley - 2026

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Analysis of the impact of Kaizen practices on ESG performance and the mediating role of digital systems

Lizarelli, Fabiane Letícia; Antony, Jiju; Suarez, Manuel; … - 2025

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Organizing employee-driven innovation (EDI) through game-based formats : understanding participation

Mosleh, Wafa Said; Bäckström, Izabelle; Manfrini, Caterina - 2025

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Transforming Healthcare Through Inspired and Enabled Lean Leadership : Making the Case for Continuous Improvement

Flumerfelt, Shannon; Lerchenfeldt, Michael - 2026

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Lean and industrial connectivity : a Lean leader's journey for achieving continuous improvement

Flumerfelt, Shannon; Lerchenfeldt, Michael - 2026

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Heedful proactivity : how individual tactical considerations contribute to pre-screening of innovative ideas in the hierarchy

Boe-Lillegraven, Siri; Kong, Fanshuang; Song, Lynda Jiwen - 2025

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Sustaining business improvement gains : a framework for embedding continuous improvement into your organization's culture

Al-Rifai, Mohammad H. - 2026

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Are you judging me or my idea? : how feedback impacts future idea success in web-based idea management systems

Lehmann, Selina; Beretta, Michela; Dao, Hung M.; … - 2025

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The embeddedness of management ideas : a comparative case study of agile organisations in China and Sweden

Kristiansen, Alexander - 2025

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It takes a village : translating management ideas through an ecology of roles

Elmholdt, Kasper Trolle; Nielsen, Jeppe Agger; Wæraas, … - 2025

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Developing a supportive organisational culture for continuous improvement in manufacturing firms in Saudi Arabia

Algethami, Adel; Assad, Fadi; Patsavellas, John; … - 2025

Continuous improvement (CI) is vital for Saudi manufacturing firms to remain competitive in the global market. However, cultural factors significantly influence CI adoption. This qualitative study, involving 28 interviews and focus groups with employees from five local manufacturing firms,...

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Measuring employee involvement in Lean Manufacturing efforts : proposal of a robust scale

Medeiros, Nayara Cardoso de; Godinho Filho, Moacir; … - 2025

This research addresses a significant gap in the academic literature: the lack of robust tools for quantifying employee involvement in Lean Manufacturing (LM). This shortfall is critical, as employee involvement is a cornerstone of LM's success. To address this deficiency, our study creates a...

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Formation of production cost by the methods of "Target costing" and "Kaizen costing" and their impact on the enterprise efficiency

Pererva, Petro; Chernyshenko, Olena; Ponomarov, Vladyslav; … - 2025

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How to manage generative idea screening

Sukhov, Alexandre; Sihvonen, Antti; Huck, Jana; Olsson, … - 2025

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Lean accounting tools and competitive advantage in Jordanian industrial companies

Al Shanti, Ayman Mohammad; Al-Refae, Khalil Mahmoud Ali; … - 2025

This study explores the impact of lean accounting tools-specifically value stream costing (VSC), target costing (TC), and kaizen costing (KCO)-on the competitive advantage (CA) of industrial companies in Jordan. We conducted an online survey targeting 400 managers across 32 companies, which...

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Effectiveness of the quality control story problem-solving method for productivity improvement in the automotive industry in South Africa

Pillay, Claude; Jin, Kimiaki; Chiromo, Forbes - 2025

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Exploring the impact of Lean methodologies in the charity sector with case-based support

Oliveira, Ana Rita; Hines, Peter; Wood, Stuart - 2025

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Insights into kaizen culture in project management development teams

Halldórsson, Jónatan Þór; Möller, Eðvald - 2025

Background: This paper examines factors influencing kaizen adoption in project management teams, emphasizing agile methods, employee engagement, organizational culture, and effective communication. Objectives: The aim of the research was to explore LS Retail employees' experiences with kaizen...

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Promoting Kaizen in Africa : 10-years of experience of Japanese cooperation in Tunisia and Ethiopia

Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi - 2024

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Empirical investigation of drivers, motivations and barriers for implementation of integrated continuous improvement system : a case of Ethiopian manufacturing industries

Berhe, Haftu Hailu; Gebremichael, Hailekiros Sibhato; … - 2025

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Kaizen and non-cognitive skills development in Africa in the age of digitalization

Jin, Kimiaki - 2024

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Continuous improvement strategies towards energy transition : the importance of individual employees' entrepreneurial orientation and learning processes

Tantawy, Maha M.; Foord, David J. A.; Jimenez-Moro, Eduardo - 2025

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Making Lean and Continuous Improvement Work : A Leaders Guide to Increasing Consistency and Getting Significantly More Done in Less Time

Walsh, Darren - 2025

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About this Publication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1 Introduction to Lean Thinking -- 1 Introducing the Problem and What's Not Working -- 1.1 What's Not Working -- 1.2 Fundamental Problems with the Day-to-Day Work -- 2...

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DisneyHint : lean and coaching-based employee suggestion system for the human challenges of Industry 4.0

Salvadorinho, Juliana; Pintor, Paulo; Bastos, Tiago; … - 2024

Purpose: This paper presents the concept of an Employee Suggestion System (ESS) that integrates a strategy originated from Neuro-Linguistic Programming with application in Coaching (Disney Strategy) to face the human challenges of Industry 4.0. Design/methodology/approach: A four-phase...

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Optimising ESG-enhanced performance : a literature review of Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies

Carneiro, Fátima; Nóvoa, Henriqueta; Carvalho, André M. - 2025

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A framework proposal for building ideation models on the front end of innovation

Bezhovski, Zlatko; Jovanov Apasieva, Tamara; … - 2024

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Performance-based reward system and organizational agility in the banking industry in Nigeria

Issa, Omolabi; Ishola, Abdulrasaq Ajadi; AbdulKareem, … - 2024

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Complaints management : quality of response to customer complaints in an automotive company

Rocha, António; Pedregal, Ana; Maia, Catarina; Soares, … - 2025

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Improving group problem solving through awareness of members' problem-solving preferences

Franken, José C. M.; Dun, Desirée H. van; Wilderom, … - 2024

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The influence of continuous improvement and clinical practice on emergency department (ED) operational performance

Mitreska, Kristina; Terziovski, Milé; Rixon, Andrew - 2025

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Ideators' success in innovation tournaments : participation, productivity, or pressure?

Pescher, Christian; Tellis, Gerard J.; Füller, Johann - 2025

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Web-based idea management and Quadruple Helix networking of creative industry cohorts for COVID-19

Mikelsone, Elina; Babris, Matijs; Segers, Jean-Pierre; … - 2024

On the one hand, web-based idea management platforms such as IdeaScale, Spigit, and BrightIdea can be used to facilitate the sharing of ideas and insights from existing EU and international cohorts of relevance to COVID-19. These platforms can be used to capture ideas from the experts,...

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How do ideas gain legitimacy in internal crowdsourcing idea development? : exploring the effects of feedback on idea selection

Chen, Qian; Magnusson, Mats; Björk, Jennie - 2024

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Using complementary analyses with importance-performance analysis

Garver, Michael S. - 2025

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Stedin's collaborative path to employee-driven innovation

Pahos, Nikolaos; Verburg, Robert; Sand, Martin; … - 2025

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Does constructive feedback improve idea quality in idea contests? : exploring the role of hierarchy and feedback overlap

Boënne, Mathias; Leten, Bart; Van Dyck, Walter - 2023

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The impact of applying the target cost and continuous improvement (Kaizen) on achieving the sustainable competitive advantage of Palestinian industrial companies

Alkababji, Majdi Wael - 2023

Purpose - This study aims to examine the impact of implementing target costing and continuous improvement techniques in industrial companies operating in southern Palestine on achieving sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). The study mainly assesses the level of application of these...

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The temporal effects of idea selection in creative brainstorming : an experiential exercise

Chen, Steven; Yang, Zhen - 2025

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The impacts of middle managers' ambidexterity, continuous improvement, and organizational agility on business performance : a knowledge-based view

Alamsjah, Firdaus; Asrol, Muhammad - 2023

Purpose: Using the knowledge-based view as the theoretical lens, this study aims to assess the effect of middle managers' ambidexterity, continuous improvement and organizational agility on the business performance within the manufacturing and service industries.Design/methodology/approach:...

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9. Employee-driven innovation

Hiltunen, Esa - 2025

Employee-driven innovation (EDI) shifts the focus from traditional top-down approaches to innovation by actively involving employees at all levels in the generation and implementation of new ideas. Unlike conventional models that centralize innovation within upper management, EDI leverages the...

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Kaizen : how to successfully transition into a lean organization

Helmold, Marc - 2025

"This book provides a practical and user-friendly approach to successfully transform an organization into a lean organization throughout the business value chain. The author describes comprehensively how lean management principles enable organizations to concentrate on value-adding activities...

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Resilience, crisis management and continuous improvement against the impact of COVID-19 on employees' engagement and emotions : insights from a Cypriot SME

Nizamidou, Christina - 2023

COVID-19 forced governments and organizations to navigate unchartered waters and shift to remote work to prevent its spreading, aiming to be resilient and maintain their sustainability. Recent research showed that COVID-19 impacted employees' engagement and emotions. As every crisis is unique...

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The viral trajectory of a management idea : a longitudinal case study of the Balanced Scorecard in a Norwegian bank

Johanson, Daniel; Lepp, Sandra; Abbas, Adnan; Madsen, … - 2023

In this paper the virus theory is applied to gain insight into the intra-organizational diffusion and evolution of the Balanced Scorecard. The study draws on longitudinal data about the use of the Balanced Scorecard in a Norwegian bank, by interviews with managers and rich internal documents....

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Employee suggestions and continuous improvement : a moderated mediation model of centralization of authority and small-group problem-solving

Kang, Mary; Li, Shuting; Kang, Mingu - 2025

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Driving closer collaboration between cross-functional teams : how can front-to-back functions become more aligned to meet shared objectives?

Bergolis, Mario De - 2025

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A3 methodology : going beyond process improvement

Santos Filho, Geraldo Maciel; Simão, Luiz Eduardo - 2023

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