International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 65 Issue 4

Value creation of EVA and traditional accounting measures: Indian evidence

Vijay Kumar Gupta, Ekta Sikarwar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the superiority of economic value added (EVA) over the traditional accounting performance measures, i.e. earnings per share, return on…

Influence of human factors on organisational performance: Quality improvement practices as a mediator variable

Nasser Habtoor

The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of human factors in quality management on quality improvement practices and organisational performance in the Yemeni…

Characteristics of relationships, types and strategies in a Brazilian cluster

Hélcio Martins Tristão, Pedro Carlos Oprime, Márcio Lopes Pimenta

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theoretical development of the theme by the proposition of an industrial cluster typology method considering that the set of…

A framework for performance evaluation of channel partners in distribution relationships

Vikas Goyal, Prashant Mishra

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for performance evaluation of channel partners in distribution relationships and develop a scale to measure the…

Waste in NPD processes of German SMEs

Tino Woschke, Heiko Haase, Arndt Lautenschläger

This study deals with waste in New Product Development (NPD) processes of SMEs. The purpose of this paper is to reveal opportunities for SMEs to overcome resource constraints in…

Grocery shelf stocking tool: analysis of productivity and human factors

Corey J Blackwell, Julia Sarah Wasas, Sean Patrick Flanagan, Bryan A Norman, Joel Michael Haight

Grocery store tasks provide many opportunities for efficiency and ergonomic improvements. Shelf stocking is one task that has received considerable attention in recent years as…

Towards lean warehouse: transformation and assessment using RTD and ANP

Sanjay Sharma, Bhavin Shah

The purpose of this paper is to represent a unique combined Real time Delphi (RTD) – analytic network process (ANP) approach considering efficient decision making with practical…

Editorial

Thomas F Burgess, John Heap