It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be...

Familienunternehmen sind ein wesentliches Rückgrat der deutschen Industrie. Wie Analysen der ISI-Erhebung Modernisierung der Produktion zeigen, setzen insbesondere inhabergeführte Familienunternehmen auf eine tragfähige Balance zwischen Flexibilität und langfristiger Stabilität und...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical investigation of firm level productivity effects of outsourcing against the background of a review of recent theoretical considerations about the topic. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical research is based on a large...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a process‐modelling method that is based on methods from both operations management (OM) and service operations management (SOM), which complies with the special requirements of servitised manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach – After...

Purpose – This paper aims to map the incidence of teamwork in European manufacturing industries and describe the process of teamwork diffusion over time. The impact of country, company size, manufacturing sector and other factors on teamwork diffusion is identified. Design/methodology/approach...