Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 98 Issue 7

Strategic scanning and interpretation revisiting: foundations for a software agent support system ‐ Part 1: understanding the concept and context of strategic scanning

Shuhua Liu

As the business environment increases in its scope, dynamics and complexity, the task of grasping its changes becomes increasingly demanding. The increased availability of…

Purchasing’s involvement in environmental issues: a multi‐country perspective

George A. Zsidisin, Thomas E. Hendrick

Purchasing and supply chain management have a critical role, and significant influence, in a firm’s environmental performance. This study explores the extent of involvement that…

Underlying dimensions of business location decisions

Fahri Karakaya, Cem Canel

Most previous studies dealing with business site selection decisions have been theoretical and mainly concerned with cost factors. There are many variables other than cost, some…

Technological forecasting techniques and competitive intelligence: tools for improving the innovation process

Ângela Denise Lemos, Antonio Carlos Porto

This paper aims at discussing some concepts regarding technological forecasting techniques (TFTs) and competitive intelligence (CI) and presents some links between them in a…

Managers’ motivation for using information technology

Donaldo de Souza Dias

Survey data gathered from 79 operations managers holding positions in 55 companies were utilized to test extrinsic and intrinsic motivation for using microcomputers in the…