International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 27 Issue 1

The pervasive human resource picture in interdependent supply relationships

Marie Koulikoff‐Souviron, Alan Harrison

This paper aims to explore the influence of human resource (HR) practices in shaping inter‐organisational supply relationships, and to describe the extent to which supply partners…

Greening the automotive supply chain: a relationship perspective

Dayna Simpson, Damien Power, Daniel Samson

This study seeks to explore the moderating impact of relationship conditions existing between a customer and its suppliers on the uptake and effectiveness of the customer's…

Managers' perceptions of learning in new product development

Ursula Koners, Keith Goffin

Post‐project reviews (PPRs) are widely recommended as an appropriate mechanism to stimulate project‐to‐project learning in new product development (NPD) teams. However, empirical…

How do subcontractors evolve?

Andrea Furlan, Roberto Grandinetti, Arnaldo Camuffo

The purpose of this study is to investigate how small and medium sized subcontracting firms evolve.

The impact of forecast information quality on supply chain performance

Helena Forslund, Patrik Jonsson

This paper aims to describe the extent of supplier access to customer forecast information and the perceived quality of such information and also to explain the impact of forecast…

Structuring front office and back office work in service delivery systems: An empirical study of three design decisions

Leonieke G. Zomerdijk, Jan de Vries

The aim of this paper is to investigate how the distinction between contact and non‐contact activities influences the design of service delivery systems and to identify key design…

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh

Operations and global competitiveness

Krisztina Demeter

The 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006