bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
When and how to innovate your business model
Authors: Giesen Edward , Riddleberger Eric , Christner Richard , Bell Ragna 
Published: July 2010

PurposeBusiness‐model innovation is critical to success in today's increasingly complex and fast‐changing environment. So corporate leaders need to understand when to adapt the business model and how to execute the change. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachData from IBM's Global CEO Study 2008 and an analysis of 28 successful business‐model innovators, produced insights into both the best timing and process for business model innovation.FindingsThe IBM researchers identified a set of characteristics that strong business‐model innovators demonstrate consistently.Practical implicationsA set of characteristics, which the IBM researchers call the “Three A's,” are critical to the successful design and execution of business‐model innovation: Aligned – Leverage core capabilities and design consistency across all dimensions of the business model, both internally and externally, that build customer value; Analytical – Use information strategically to create foresight, and prioritize actions while measuring and tracking for rapid course correction; and Adaptable – Link innovative leadership with the ability to effect change and institutionalize operational flexibility.Originality/valueThe paper answers two questions that can help companies develop their innovation strategy and transformation approach for the new economic environment: Under what conditions should companies adapt their business model?; and What capabilities and characteristics support the design and execution of successful business‐model innovation?
The boycott model of foreign product purchase: an empirical test in China
Authors: Smith Malcolm , Li Qianpin 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe primary purpose of this paper is to investigate and ascertain the effects of integrative motivation on the willingness to participate in boycott activities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a mail survey to examine the relationships among six constructs in a boycotting issue context, in order to explore Chinese consumers' willingness to boycott against Japanese products or services with the fallout from a Japanese former PM's continuous visits to a controversial war shrine since 2001.FindingsThe findings suggest that there are significant and positive pairwise relationships between boycott participation and three factors (i.e. animosity, efficacy, and prior purchase). High animosity towards Japanese goods and the other two constructs, at the high end of the attitude spectrum, increase the level of willingness to engage in consumer boycott practices.Practical implicationsConsumer boycotts are a worldwide and historic phenomenon in modern society. As the number of protests grows and as local authorities recognize the economic and political impact of such activities, then multinational companies (MNCs) and host countries begin to see the historic and cultural perspective of these events in addition to the conventional consumer behaviour perspective. To enable boycotting to become less harmful, MNC management need to understand what makes local consumers so affronted. The results of the evaluation can potentially be generalized towards a strategic analysis of the boycott model in other hostile market situations.Originality/valueThe findings of this paper offer pivotal implications for decision makers and the management of those Western multinational enterprises who are concerned with increasing their share of the world's largest consumer market. In particular, Japanese MNCs need to pay much more attention to the oppressed and potentially explosive emotion of animosity as the legacy of past conflicts (i.e. war, economic, political, etc.) between Japan and China.
Attitudinal outcomes of boundary permeability
Authors: Loh Jennifer (Min Ing) , Lloyd D. Restubog Simon , Gallois Cindy 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of culture in the relationship between boundary permeability and cooperation and work group identification. In addition, the levels of boundary permeability of Australians and Singaporeans are compared.Design/methodology/approachSurvey questionnaires were administered to 134 employees (87 Singaporeans and 47 Australians) working in multinational corporations in both Australia and Singapore. Hierarchical moderated regression was used to test whether culture moderated the relationship between boundary permeability and cooperation and workgroup identification.FindingsResults indicated that workplace boundary permeability was marginally and positively related to cooperation but not to workgroup identification. Further analysis revealed that culture moderated the relationships between workplace boundary permeability and cooperation and workgroup identification. Specifically, a stronger positive relationship was found between boundary permeability and these outcomes for Singaporeans as opposed to Australians.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations include the relatively small sample size of both cultural groups; the behavioral measure used to assess cooperation; and the self‐reported nature of the data.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study have important practical implications for managers working in multinational corporations who seek to promote cooperation and workgroup identification among culturally diverse employees.Originality/valueGuided by social identity and cross‐cultural theories, this study highlights the role of culture in predicting the attitudinal consequences of boundary permeability.
The impact of integrated analysis on supply chain management: a coordinated approach for inventory control policy
Authors: Reza Nasiri G. , Davoudpour Hamid , Karimi Behrooz 
Published: July 2010

PurposeEffective inventory management is very critical to market success. The purpose of this paper is to formulate an integrated model for the location of warehouse, the allocation of retailers to the opened warehouses, and finding the perfect policy for inventory control to managing order quantity and safety stock level. The goal is to select the optimum numbers, locations, capacities of the opening warehouses and inventory policy so that all stochastic customer demands can be satisfied.Design/methodology/approachIt is assumed that the location of plant has already been determined and the paper answers the following questions: what are the location decisions over the planning horizon? How retailers are allocated to the warehouses? What are the optimum capacities for the opened warehouses? What is the best inventory policy for this supply chain? What are the total minimum costs?FindingsThe model was developed as a non‐linear mixed integer programming and solved using Lagrange relaxation and sub‐gradient search for the location/allocation module and a procedure for the capacity planning module. The results for the randomly selected problems show that the average duality gap ranges are between 0.51 and 1.58 percent. Also, from the CPU time point of view, the performance of the proposed algorithm was very good.Originality/valueThe paper addresses an integrated location, allocation, and inventory decisions in the design of a supply chain distribution network. In addition sensitivity analyses are conducted to evaluate the effects of the multi‐capacity levels on some performance measures.
Overseas sourcing decisions – the total cost of sourcing from China
Authors: Platts K.W. , Song N. 
Published: July 2010

PurposeAlthough cost savings are found by many researchers to be a major reason for sourcing from China, the actual cost savings may not be as great as expected. This paper aims at studying and comparing the true cost of sourcing from China and companies' perceptions of the total cost of their China sourcing projects.Design/methodology/approachThis research comprises six case studies and a mailed survey to 201 UK manufacturers with the experience of global sourcing from China. Comparisons of the findings from the cases and the survey are made.FindingsThe findings provide a comprehensive analysis of the total costs of outsourcing from China. Additional costs (additional to the quoted price), found from in‐depth case studies, averaged 50 per cent of the quoted price. The perception of additional costs, found from a survey, averaged 25 per cent of the quoted price. Taken together, these findings suggest that companies generally do not comprehensively measure the costs of global sourcing, and significantly underestimate the true costs incurred.Practical implicationsThis has implications for decision making and ultimately profitability, and the paper suggests that more attention is paid to measuring the actual total acquisition costs. It confirms the benefit of a comprehensive cost framework, as a checklist that will prompt companies to think about all the possible sources of cost when sourcing globally. This should both guide their decision making, and also act to identify possible cost reduction activities.Originality/valueThis research is the first effort to establish the total cost of sourcing from China and to compare this with companies' perceptions of the cost of such sourcing. It is valuable in providing increased understanding of the sources and magnitudes of the costs of sourcing from China.
Understanding inter‐organizational decision coordination
Authors: Yew Wong Chee , Acur Nuran 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThis article develops a theoretical framework to investigate the interaction and coordination of decision‐making processes in a supply chain with multiple and inter‐dependent suppliers and customers.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents three longitudinal case studies on the decision coordination processes between a European toy supplier and three retailers.FindingsThe case studies found different mental models, decision‐making behaviours, coordination behaviours and ordering behaviours even though the toy supplier and the three retailers observed quite the same material flow behaviours. The study found explanations for these diverse behaviours by analysing the mental models and decision‐making behaviours of each involved party.Originality/valueThe findings explain the conditions which lead to undesirable mental models and decision‐making behaviours which affect the coordination of decisions among supply chain members.
Learning gaps in a learning organization: professionals' values versus management values
Authors: Parding Karolina , Abrahamsson Lena 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe aim of this article is to challenge the concept of “the learning organization” as unproblematic and inherently good.Design/methodology/approachThe research looked at how teachers – as an example of public sector professionals in a work organization that claims to be a learning organization – view their conditions for learning.FindingsBy using this approach, the normative values surrounding the concept of the learning organization were discussed. This approach identifies power‐relations: i.e. who has the priority of interpretation to define what learning is desired and considered relevant as well as when, how and where one learns. In addition, it gives indications to how and why the implementations of management concepts are not always successful.Originality/valueThis article shows how the implementation of a governance concept (learning organization) in fact can be seen as bringing with it unintended consequences for the organization as a whole – and especially for the professionals. Even within a work organization claiming to be a learning organization, learning gaps can be identified.
The Cuban alternative to neoliberalism
Authors: Enríquez Laura J. 
Published: July 2010

PurposeIn response to its profound economic crisis, in the 1990s Cuba adopted a tourism‐based development strategy. As an approach to development, tourism has been both heralded and critiqued. One concern is that for less diversified economies it has large imported input requirements. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Cuba's efforts to address this weakness.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on interviews conducted with Cuban policy makers and researchers working in the area of tourism, and one hotelier operating in Cuba. Also, extensive secondary data collected while conducting the fieldwork in Cuba and relevant existing literature are reviewed.FindingsIt is found that Cuba has increased significantly its reliance on domestic production for inputs for its tourist sector since the mid‐1990s, thereby reducing its dependence on imported inputs.Practical implicationsThese findings suggest that, by reconfiguring domestic production to provide inputs for the tourism sector, foreign exchange leakages typically associated with tourist development in less diversified economies can be diminished and that it can provide an infusion of foreign exchange and investment that benefits the local economy.Social implicationsThis case presents an alternative to the neoliberal approach to policy making in the Global South, one that has the potential to avoid some of the negative social and economic consequences of that approach.Originality/valueIn addition to highlighting the alternative represented by Cuba's approach to tourism, the paper evaluates the extent to which it approximated the novel strategy of development proposed by the neostructuralists almost simultaneously. It concludes that Cuba's approach did approximate the neostructural model in a number of important ways.
State vulnerability and the facets of development
Authors: Cojanu Valentin 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe overlapping measures of “state vulnerability” prompt a double interrogation: about their methodological validity, and analytical relevance. Against this epistemic framework, the purpose of this paper is to ask whether the relentless quest for precision may prevent obtaining meaningful and realistic policy implications.Design/methodology/approachThis paper contrasts various theoretical views of “state vulnerability” and explores their applicability for the development processes in south‐east Europe. The argument proceeds along a comparative analysis of three categories of variables, of political (i.e. government effectiveness), economic (i.e. macroeconomic performance) and institutional nature (i.e. human development) over the last decade and the usefulness of available early warning indicators is examined.FindingsThe findings point to the supposition that “vulnerability” is an elusive concept despite many attempts at quantifying fragility of statehood. The success of quantitative studies to generate practical comparative data undoubtedly plays a helpful role in designing state‐building trajectories although they must be seen in a broader context. Without a key breakthrough in the way datasets of quantitative and qualitative nature are combined, their actual effectiveness would be seriously diminished.Originality/valueThe choice to favour investigative breadth over analytical depth is intended to let the conclusions come up in the guise of a complementary and summative account of the amassing amount of scholarship that leaves the phenomenon of development exposed to disparate accounts, at least as far as the thin balance between fragility and viability is concerned. Critical points in development pass less visibly and are less tractable to identifiable sources than a conventional perspective may suggest.
Impact of e‐procurement on procurement practices and performance
Authors: Quesada Gioconda , González Marvin E. , Mueller James , Mueller Rene 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of electronic procurement technologies on procurement practices (PPR) and procurement performance (PP).Design/methodology/approachThis paper posits a model of the relationships between e‐procurement technology (EPT) usage, PPR, and PP. This model was tested and validated using a sample of 368 procurement specialists in the USA.FindingsThe findings suggest that EPT usage positively affects managers' perceptions of both PPR and PP.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this paper primarily pertain to the operational level of the organization. Future research could also attempt to isolate the impact of individual EPTs on firm performance.Practical implicationsThe contribution for practitioners is to provide guidelines for the use of EPTs, and to report its impact on PP. The measurement instruments developed in this paper can be used to evaluate and benchmark current PPR.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature by providing an empirical test of the impact of EPTs on perceptions of PPR and performance.
Integration of supply chain IT and lean practices for mass customization
Authors: Hong Paul C. , Dobrzykowski David D. , Vonderembse Mark A. 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the use of specific supply chain information technologies (IT) for e‐commerce, e‐procurement, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), when implementing lean practices to achieve mass customization (MC) performance. The study further investigates how these technologies may be deployed differently in product and service focused contexts. “Best practices” of high performing MC firms are also explored.Design/methodology/approachSurvey method was employed to collect data from 711 firms in 23 countries. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to establish simple factor structure and construct validity. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyze relationships between lean practices, IT use, and MC performance in aggregated and bifurcated samples of product and service focused manufacturers. T‐tests were used to examine differences between the practices employed by high and low MC performers.FindingsFindings suggest that lean practices can reasonably predict MC performance. In this context, of lean practices, e‐commerce and e‐procurement reasonably predict MC performance. ERP is not shown to predict MC performance. Results suggest that e‐commerce use is a better predictor of performance than e‐procurement or ERP for service focused manufacturers. E‐commerce and e‐procurement appear to be reasonable predictors of MC performance in product manufacturers, while ERP is not. “Best practices” related to lean practices, e‐commerce, e‐procurement, and ERP emerge among high MC performers.Originality/valueThis paper describes what is believed to be the first study to examine these three IT approaches in the context of lean practices and supply chain MC performance. This paper also contributes to the growing interest in differences among product and service focused manufacturing firms. Finally, specific “best practices” are provided to add value for practitioners.
Assessing the benefits of B2B trade cycle integration: a model in the home appliances industry
Authors: Perego Alessandro , Salgaro Alessandro 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThe paper aims to give a quantitative assessment of the benefits obtainable by using information and communication technologies to integrate the order‐to‐payment process involving manufacturers and specialized retailers in the home appliances industry.Design/methodology/approachStandard business processes were defined and activity base costing was applied to develop the cost model with the support, i.e. validation and data provision of most of the companies operating in the Italian home appliances market.FindingsThe bottom line is €96 per order‐to‐payment cycle in the conventional, paper‐based scenario, compared to €23 in the integrated scenario involving the exchange of structured electronic documents. The potential savings amount to about 80 per cent of the costs, almost equally shared between the retailer and the manufacturer. A significant part of the benefits comes from the reduction in the management costs of non‐conformity issues.Research limitations/implicationsThe assessment considers only tangible benefits and does not include more intangible advantages, such as cycle time reduction, compliance with regulation and easier and faster accessibility to documents.Practical implicationsThe paper measures the benefits of using trade process integration technologies and presents a methodology that can be applied to other industries and to particular supply chains. The difficulties in assessing the benefits have been claimed to be one of the main barriers to adoption.Originality/valueThe paper provides a model to assess the order‐to‐payment cycle costs, considering both the costs of the “perfect cycle” (where no errors occur) and the cost of managing non‐conformities. At present, there is no benchmark available in the literature for the order‐to‐payment cycle costs in conventional and integrated conditions that could help companies to assess the expected benefits of integration.
Broadcasters vs MVPDs: economic effects of digital transition on television program supply
Authors: Waterman David , Han Sangyong 
Published: July 2010

PurposeAlthough FCC policy has mostly focused on broadcasters, the digital transition of television has involved a number of other players, notably cable television, DBS, and other multi‐channel video providers (MVPDs). What have been the economic effects of this transition on these various industry players and on viewers? The paper aims to answer this question.Design/methodology/approachThis paper assembles an historical database to compare changes over time in consumer spending, television advertising revenue and related economic data extending back to the 1950s.FindingsThe authors show that non‐broadcast suppliers of TV programming, especially cable operators, have been able to take much greater economic advantage of the digital television transition than have broadcasters. Cable and DBS systems have used digital technology to greatly expand the amount of programming available and to more efficiently price discriminate on the basis of program quality – including the direct sale to consumers of broadcast and other HD programming. The result has been rapidly rising cable and DBS revenues since the mid‐1990s, and a general shift from advertiser to direct payment support for television services. Overall, digital transition has enhanced the economic viability of cable and DBS delivery, and decreased that of broadcasting. It is evident that consumers have much higher quality and variety of programming available as a result, though usually at higher prices.Research limitations/implicationsThe statistical analysis of this paper has been broad. Other factors have undoubtedly affected the aggregate trends.Originality/valueThe overall pattern of television industry trends makes evident that FCC digital conversion policies have worked to the disadvantage of the traditional broadcast model.
Does competition enhance performance? Entry policy and efficiency patterns in telecommunications markets
Authors: Majumdar Sumit K. 
Published: July 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to evaluate the impact of competitor entry on efficiency outcome in two‐sided network context.Design/methodology/approachThe context is the population of incumbent firms making up the local exchange segment of the telecommunications industry in the US over a 14‐year period from 1988 to 2001.FindingsThe results show that encouraging the entry of competitors had led quite substantially to the enhancement of efficiencies for the incumbent firms.Practical implicationsA policy conclusion would be to enhance the incentives for new firms to enter two‐sided markets and also suppress anti‐competitive behavior by incumbents in such contexts with a firm hand so as to enhance efficiency levels.Originality/valueThis is a comprehensive analysis of policy changes in one of the world's largest telecommunications markets and the results have applicability across several other country contexts.