Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 114 Issue 4

Opportunity recognition and cooperation flexibility of entrepreneurial franchisees

Tsung-Chi Liu, Jengchung Victor Chen, Po-Yi Hsu

The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically demonstrate the channel relationship between franchisors and franchisees. It examines four essential constructs that…

Top management support, inter-organizational relationships and external involvement

Taiwen Feng, Gang Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of top management support (TMS) and inter-organizational relationships (IORs) on external involvement (EI), and their…

IT competency and the commercial success of innovation

Anabel Fernández-Mesa, José Luis Ferreras-Méndez, Joaquin Alegre, Ricardo Chiva

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of information technology competency (ITC) on internal and external learning competency and the relations among ITC, internal…

International study of technology investment decisions at hospitals

Christian Wernz, Hui Zhang, Kongkiti Phusavat

Healthcare costs have increased considerably over the past decades around the world. Major contributors to this trend are expensive medical technologies. The purpose of this paper…

Understanding switching intention of information systems users

Grigorios Asimakopoulos, Stavros Asimakopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the impact of usability and switching costs on user intention to switch information systems (IS), and to examine the mediating role of…

Factors affecting online repurchase intention

Chinho Lin, Watcharee Lekhawipat

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of online shopping experience and habit in relation to adjusted expectations for enhancing online repurchase intention.

The mission statement: organisational culture perspective

Katarina Babnik, Kristijan Breznik, Valerij Dermol, Nada Trunk Širca

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of mission statement contents and its function in guiding employee's behaviour from the organisational culture (OC…

Managing integrated information flow for delivery reliability

Christopher Durugbo, Ashutosh Tiwari, Jeffrey R. Alcock

The purpose of this paper is to explore the management of information flow for delivery reliability. It analyses how the integration strategies of traceability, transaction costs…

Do managerial ties support or stifle open innovation?

M. Muzamil Naqshbandi, Sharan Kaur

Research investigating the role of factors affecting open innovation remains scarce. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of managerial ties in facilitating the two…