The ongoing and ubiquitous digital transformation challenges the raison d'être of firms and
forces managers to rethink business strategies and operations and academics to reconsider …

The main contribution of this paper was to present a new model for smart tourism
destinations using the steps of grounded theory as an analytical framework. To build the …

Background Qualitative synthesis approaches are increasingly used in healthcare research.
One of the most commonly utilised approaches is meta-ethnography. This is a systematic …

Background An increasing number of qualitative evidence syntheses papers are found in
health care literature. Many of these syntheses use a strictly exhaustive search strategy to …

Systematic literature review (SLR) is a well-known research method. However, there is a
paucity of detailed SLR guidelines in operations management (OM). The recent interest in …

Chapter 1 discussed the ways that reviews examine previous research and other forms of
evidence to answer review questions and how their methods depend upon the questions …

Background Qualitative systematic reviews or qualitative evidence syntheses (QES) are
increasingly recognised as a way to enhance the value of systematic reviews (SRs) of …

Background Much debate and polarisation exist regarding the impact of online social
technologies on the mental wellbeing of young people. Objective To systematically review …

Background A compelling ethical rationale supports patient engagement in healthcare
research. It is also assumed that patient engagement will lead to research findings that are …

Lean Thinking has successfully challenged mass production practices, by providing
'leaner'processes and supply chains, ie with less waste. Industry 4.0 has become an …