Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 119 Issue 6

Optimal eco-labeling strategy with imperfectly informed consumers

Tijun Fan, Yang Song, Huan Cao, Haiyang Xia

The purpose of this paper is to find the optimal environmental quality criteria for a strategic eco-labeling authority with three objectives (i.e. maximizing the aggregate…

The role of service providers in 3D printing adoption

Atanu Chaudhuri, Helen Rogers, Peder Soberg, Kulwant S. Pawar

The purpose of this paper is to identify challenges faced by industrial firms at different phases of adoption of 3D printing (3DP), and outline how 3DP service providers can help…

The arithmetic complexity of online grocery shopping: the moderating role of product pictures

Camille Desrochers, Pierre-Majorique Léger, Marc Fredette, Seyedmohammadmahdi Mirhoseini, Sylvain Sénécal

Online grocery shopping possesses characteristics that can make it more difficult than regular online shopping. There are numerous buying decisions to make each shopping session…

Dynamic property of consumer-based brand competitiveness (CBBC) in human interaction behavior

Meihua Zuo, Hongwei Liu, Hui Zhu, Hongming Gao

The purpose of this paper is to identify potential competitive relationships among brands by analyzing the dynamic clicking behavior of consumers.

Human factors in information leakage: mitigation strategies for information sharing integrity

Wai Peng Wong, Hwee Chin Tan, Kim Hua Tan, Ming-Lang Tseng

The purpose of this paper is to explore the human factors triggering information leakage and investigate how companies mitigate insider threat for information sharing integrity.

Throughput models for a dual-bay VLM order picking system under different configurations

Fabio Sgarbossa, Martina Calzavara, Alessandro Persona

Vertical lift module (VLM) is a parts-to-picker system for order picking of small products, which are stored into two columns of trays served by a lifting crane. A dual-bay VLM…

Activity scheduling and resource allocation with uncertainties and learning in activities

Felix T.S. Chan, Zhengxu Wang, Yashveer Singh, X.P. Wang, J.H. Ruan, M.K. Tiwari

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model which schedules activities and allocates resources in a resource constrained project management problem. This paper also considers…

The joint effects of IT resources and CEO support in IT assimilation: Evidence from large-sized enterprises

Peiran Gao, Yeming Gong, Jinlong Zhang, Hongyi Mao, Shan Liu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the joint effects of different types of IT resources and top management support. Especially, the authors attempt to mainly examine a…

Overcoming the monetization challenge in freemium online games

Ahmad Beltagui, Thomas Schmidt, Marina Candi, Deborah Lynn Roberts

Online games based on a freemium business model face the monetization challenge. The purpose of this paper is to examine how players’ achievement orientation, social orientation…

Media richness, social presence and loyalty to mobile instant messaging

Fan-Chen Tseng, T.C.E. Cheng, Pei-Ling Yu, Tzu-Ling Huang, Ching-I. Teng

Mobile instant messaging (MIM) apps could provide rich and instant information in employees’ communication. However, how media richness impacts MIM user loyalty is unknown. The…

Replenishment decision and coordination contract in cluster supply chain

Bo Yan, Xiaoxu Chen, Yanping Liu, Chang Xia

The cluster supply chain is widely used in the professional towns in China, and improves the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises through integrating the supply chain…