Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 107 Issue 9

Adoption of information and communication technology: Impact of technology types, organization resources and management style

Kyung Hoon Yang, Sang M. Lee, Sang‐Gun Lee

The aim of this paper is to find out: why some organizations adopt ICT later than the others, and whether organizations have different adoption strategies based on the type of ICT.

IT‐adaptation challenges in the process industry: an exploratory case study

Lars Rönnbäck, Jonny Holmström, Ole Hanseth

This paper seeks to identify and explore critical challenges for the process industry in information technology (IT) infrastructure integration and adaptation.

Organizational innovation management: An organization‐wide perspective

Shui‐Yee Wong, Kwai‐Sang Chin

Organizational innovation management (OIM) is one of the critical means to sustain competitiveness in organizational innovation in the long term. Although literature in innovation…

Exploring the effects of ERP systems on organizational performance: Evidence from Finnish companies

Oana Velcu

Previous research showed that there are payoffs from IT investments, but the question is when and why such payoffs occur. This paper aims to adopt an “inside the black‐box”…

Managerial factors for evaluating eco‐clustering approach

Vesselina Dimitrova, Giovanni Lagioia, Teodoro Gallucci

The paper aims to study the main managerial factors for evaluating the eco‐cluster approach and to promote their implementation within the environmental industry management.

Acceptance and adoption of the innovative use of smartphone

Yangil Park, Jengchung V. Chen

The purpose of this study is to investigate human motivations affecting an adoption decision for smartphone among medical doctors and nurses.

Human resources' self‐esteem across gender and categories: a study

Subhash C. Kundu, Sunita Rani

The main objective of the study is to assess the self‐esteem of the human resources including future workforce, trainees, managers, and entrepreneurs.

Key success factors of strategic sourcing: An empirical study of the Hong Kong toy industry

Tony C.T. Chan, Kwai‐Sang Chin

This research aims to identify and examine the importance of the key success factors (KSFs) of strategic sourcing, and investigate the relationship between KSFs and sourcing…