International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 39 Issue 1

The dilemma of inter-organizational relationships: Dependence, use of power and their impacts on opportunism

Baofeng Huo, Min Tian, Yu Tian, Qiyuan Zhang

Power is central to inter-organizational relationships. The literature distinguishes between structural power (i.e. dependence) and behavioral power (i.e. use of power), yet few…

“Power to the workers”: Empowering shop floor workers with worker-centric digital designs

Michael Leyer, Alexander Richter, Melanie Steinhüser

The purpose of this paper is to reveal how information and communication technology (ICT) can empower shop floor workers in collaborative manufacturing environments.

Managing servitization in product companies: the moderating role of service suppliers

Néstor F. Ayala, Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Alejandro G. Frank

The purpose of this paper is to study service innovation in product companies (servitization) by considering the relationship (moderation) between product companies and service…

Does a more complex service offering increase uncertainty in operations?

Melanie E. Kreye

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the complexity of the service offering (service complexity) affects the uncertainty during service operations in engineering…

When more is less: The role of cross-functional integration, knowledge complexity and product innovation in firm performance

Ana Pérez-Luño, Ana Maria Bojica, Shanthi Golapakrishnan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of a specific mechanism for cross-functional integration (CFI) in the relationship between product innovation and firm…

Individual goals and social preferences in operational decisions: Behavioural insights from transport planning

Nienke Hofstra, Wout Dullaert, Sander De Leeuw, Eirini Spiliotopoulou

The purpose of this paper is to develop propositions explaining the influence of individual goals and social preferences on human decision making in transport planning. The aim is…

Efficacy of China’s strategic environmental management in its institutional environment

Yefei Yang, Antonio K.W. Lau, Peter K.C. Lee, Andy C.L. Yeung, T.C. Edwin Cheng

The Chinese Government encourages firms to diffuse their operational-level environmental management (EM) into their organization’s mission and strategy to develop strategic EM to…

Individual and cultural differences in newsvendor decision making

Xue Li, Lucy Gongtao Chen, Jian Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate cultural and individual differences in newsvendor decision making.