Although literature affirms that reaching critical size is relevant to outperform competitors, developing absorptive capacity through alliances enables small suppliers to sustain their innovation development and, hence, competitiveness without the need to become big. However, when AC is...

This paper provides a literature review study to investigate how Agile Manufacturing (AM) capabilities could be used in different plants within a company's Global Production Network (GNP). To do this, this paper makes use of Ferdows, Vereecke, and De Meyer (2016) subnetworks positions framework....

Development of Production Management- from Site to Network Optimisation -- A Model for Network Design -- Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation -- The Network Configuration -- Network Coordination -- Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice -- Outlook and Summary.

ch. 1. What is network capability? : introduction, framework, and contents -- ch. 2. Korean IT industry and network leadership : a comparative study with Japanese experiences -- ch. 3. Growth mechanism and management of Korean firms : a comparative study with Japanese experiences -- ch. 4....