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Exploring future cityscapes through urban logistics prototyping: a technical viewpoint
Graham, Gary; Mehmood, Rashid; Coles, Eve - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 20 (2015) 3, pp. 341-352
Purpose – The purpose of this technical viewpoint is to provide a commentary of how we went about using logistics prototyping as a method to engage citizens, science fiction (SF) writers and small- to medium- sized enterprises (SME’s). Six urban logistic prototypes built on the themes of...
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The influence of green supply chain integration and environmental uncertainty on green innovation in Taiwan's IT industry
Wu, Guo‐Ciang - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 18 (2013) 5, pp. 539-552
green innovation and to analyze the moderating effects of environmental uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – A multi … innovation and environmental uncertainty. To identify the effects of GSCI and environmental uncertainty on green innovation … uncertainty positively moderates each GSCI‐green innovation link. However, the moderating effect of technological uncertainty is …
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The influence of supply chain on the innovation process: a systematic literature review
Zimmermann, Ricardo; D.F. Ferreira, Luís Miguel; … - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 21 (2016) 3, pp. 289-304
Purpose The importance of innovation as a generator of competitive advantage and the collaborative nature of this … relationship between supply chains and the innovation process by means of a systematic literature review. Methodology/approach The … facilitators of the innovation process, as well as five approaches applicable to supply chains to drive the innovation process …
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Does firm innovativeness enable effective responses to supply chain disruptions? An empirical study
Golgeci, Ismail; Y. Ponomarov, Serhiy - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 18 (2013) 6, pp. 604-617
, innovation magnitude, disruption severity, and supply chain resilience. These relationships are examined within a supply chain … that both firm innovativeness and innovation magnitude are positively associated with supply chain resilience. In addition …, it was found that disruption severity is positively associated with innovation magnitude. Research limitations …
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Digital manufacturing-driven transformations of service supply chains for complex products
Holmström, Jan; Partanen, Jouni - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 19 (2014) 4, pp. 421-430
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the forms that combinations of digital manufacturing, logistics and equipment use are likely to take and how these novel combinations may affect the relationship among logistics service providers (LSPs), users and manufacturers of equipment....
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Comparing new product development strategies at Bass and Carlsberg‐Tetley
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 4, pp. 6-8
New product development (NPD) remains a vital aspect of marketing for manufacturers of branded goods. Yet it remains an area of great debate and discussion not least about the best strategies and processes for delivering NPD success. Nwabueze and Law consider the NPD strategies of two large...
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Dyson’s heroic struggle
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 9, pp. 8-10
Richard Heckert observed “Innovation to me is inevitably linked to society and to products that are going to make society … between positive brand values and innovation.  …
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Winning innovation
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 9, pp. 30-32
Despite the desperate general state of the UK’s engineering and manufacturing industry, great engineering innovation is … annual prize for engineering innovation.  …
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Innovations: Top ten defense innovations
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 10, pp. 28-30
At the turn of the year, the US R&D Forecast for 2003, a joint effort of Battelle and R&D Magazine , highlighted that outside factors, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, were deeply impacting the levels of funding for scientific research. According to that forecast a...
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Future belongs to the real innovators
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 11, pp. 17-20
The idea that investors are only interested in short‐term results carries more than a grain of truth. It does, however, begin to look a little bit shaky when the fortunes of DuPont are examined. The US chemical company’s shares are underachievers compared to those of 3M. And it is 3M which...
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