Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 33 Issue 2

The interplay between digital manufacturing and dynamic capabilities: an empirical examination of direct and indirect effects on firm performance

Marco Savastano, Nicola Cucari, Francesco Dentale, Ari Ginsberg

The purpose of this paper is to identify and empirically examine the dynamic capabilities (DC) that drive the development of digital manufacturing capabilities (DMC) and the role…

Environmental uncertainty and supply chain performance: the effect of agility

R. Anthony Inman, Kenneth W. Green

Today's businesses are facing a world that is more complex, turbulent and unpredictable than in the past with increasing levels of environmental complexity. Rather than proposing…

Sociotechnical factors and Industry 4.0: an integrative perspective for the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies

Érico Marcon, Marlon Soliman, Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Alejandro G. Frank

As the level of implementation of Industry 4.0 increases, misalignments between adopted technologies and organizational factors may result in benefits below expected. This paper…

Innovation capabilities and the organization of the firm: evidence from Brazil

Nathália Amarante Pufal, Paulo Antônio Zawislak

The purpose of this paper is to examine different types of organization of the firm considering the innovation capabilities of manufacturing firms.

Implications of green HRM on the firm's green competitive advantage: the mediating role of enablers of green culture

Paul Muisyo, Qin Su, Thu Hau Ho, Mercy Muthoni Julius, Muhammad Shahjahan Usmani

The available literature demonstrates that green human resource management (GHRM) practices enhance the firm's green performance. However, the studies fail to show how GHRM…

How ICT capability affects the environmental performance of manufacturing firms? – Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey in China

Jun Jin, Zan Chen, Shijing Li

The objective of this paper is to empirically test and verify the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) capability on environmental performance (EP) of…

Does sticky inventory management improve productivity?

Jingbin Wang, Kexin Hou, Xuechang Zhu

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the nonlinear relationship between inventory stickiness and productivity, with investment efficiency being a mediator and environmental…

Supplier centrality, innovation value and supplier acquisition: evidence from US high-tech manufacturing firms

Dong-Young Kim, Bruce Fortado

The importance of supply chain network centrality has been widely recognized in the manufacturing literature. This study extends this literature by investigating the relationship…

Perspectives on the evolution of a fabrication laboratory in an emerging country: a comparative lexicometric study of European FabLabs

Helmi Ben Rejeb, Benoit Roussel

The purpose of this paper is to help in the establishment of the first fabrication laboratory (FabLab) in Tunisia. The FabLab movement offers many interesting opportunities…