International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 28 Issue 8

Operations management research: evolution and alternative future paths

Christopher W. Craighead, Jack Meredith

This paper aims to investigate the evolution of operations management (OM) research along two major dimensions from 1977 to 2003 and discusses possible paths for research…

A case study of national culture and offshoring services

Richard Metters

Prior surveys have shown that national culture is a leading cause of problems in offshoring services. The research question posed in this paper centers on how and through what…

Innovation‐oriented operations strategy typology and stage‐based model

Anand Nair, William R. Boulton

This paper aims to examine how firms, operating in mature and growing industries, can improve the alignment of their operations strategy to fit situations characterized by varying…

Understanding drivers of performance in the 3PL industry in Hong Kong

Baofeng Huo, Willem Selen, Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung, Xiande Zhao

The aim of this paper is to develop an overarching framework to better understand drivers of performance in third‐party logistics (3PL) linked to the operations strategy…