A two‐stage framework is developed on supply chain quality and technology management. This is based on a survey of the … strategic supply chain quality and technology variables, and then using quality function deployment to deploy them to improve …

manufacturing sector. The ew technology, however, has developed faster than techniques for evaluating capital investments in such … improvements. This is largely because the benefits of quality improvement technology are difficult to quantify. The Taguchi loss … then compared with the cost of the quality improving technology. Results indicate that these savings can be substantial …

ARMAX model of the on‐line desalting processes. Desalination technology is used to produce fresh water from saline sources …

Purpose – Emerging economies and technology firms in these economies have witnessed significant increase in mergers and … acquisitions (M&A) activities in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical research on Indian technology … Indian firms in the technology sector have been studied for the period 2001-2011, a decade when this sector has seen maximum …

external acquisition of a certain technology. Its objective is twofold: to explain the rationale behind the choice of a …

manufacturing technology enhances JIT performance but inhibits TQM performance. Furthermore, findings from three‐way interaction … did not invest in manufacturing technology during the window period. Further analyses revealed some systematic patterns … within plants that invested in manufacturing technology – many of these plants exhibit a lack of attention to quality …