Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the service infusion literature explains
competitive advantage through services. The four strategic management theories …

It is important for practitioners, policymakers, and scholars to understand how the adoption
of sustainability strategies and innovations influence firms' overall performance. Practitioners …

Purpose–To advance the productivity of all plants in the network, multinational corporations
develop and deploy multi-plant improvement programmes. In this paper, the authors …

The objective of this paper is to study how leaders' motivation and leadership style relate to
the adoption of sustainability efforts at the strategic level and to investigate some of the …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to theorize and test the relationships among lean
operations and lean supply chain practices, learning-and innovation-oriented lean cultures …

Purpose This paper examines the mediating role of manufacturing strategies in the
relationship between competitive strategies and firm performance. Design/methodology …

The purpose of the work is to present the results of studying the factors of competitiveness of
the companies of transport machine building of Russia by segmentation on the basis of the …

Societal emergence and sustainability are results of human actions and practices which can
either imbalance it with maximum exploitation or retain it through responsible utilization of …

Interest in the phenomenon known as" lean" has grown significantly in recent years. This is
the first volume to provide an academically rigorous overview of the field of lean …

Purpose The purpose of this research is to develop a better understanding of the hurdles in
implementing Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for operational excellence in digital emerging …