Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in manufacturing agglomeration in a small open economy over the last decade. This is done during a time when manufacturing in most developed countries is in relative decline. Design/methodology/approach – This work adapts the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an updated picture of the emergence of specific firms, cities and sectors of excellence in one of the best performing industrial areas of China: Guangdong Province. Design/methodology/approach – The paper focuses on a single province‐case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to create awareness of contributions made by just-in-time manufacturing (JIT) practice towards building performance measures in Indian manufacturing industry. Implications of JIT implementation issues in Indian manufacturing industry have been critically...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the enablers for improving the utilization level of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) in Indian manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, a large number of manufacturing organizations have been extensively...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sourcing alternatives (i.e. supplier development (SD), supplier switching (SS) and in‐house production (IP)) in an Indian manufacturing supply chain environment. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 14 attributes are identified...

Purpose – To examine the impact of experience in terms of time period on TQM's effectiveness in improving performance of Indian manufacturing companies. To establish the impact of TPM support on TQM's effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – This is an empirical research with testing of...

Purpose – To measure total factor productivity (TFP) growth in industrial manufacturing for 15 major Indian states for the period 1982‐1983 to 2000‐2001. Design/methodology/approach – Uses non‐parametric linear programming methods; TFP growth is decomposed into efficiency and...