International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 35 Issue 4

Productivity of product design and engineering processes: Unexplored territory for production management techniques?

Johannes Hinckeldeyn, Rob Dekkers, Jochen Kreutzfeldt

Maintaining and improving productivity of product design and engineering processes has been a paramount challenge for design-driven companies, which are characterised a high…

Research methodologies and publication trends in manufacturing strategy: A content analysis based literature review

K A Chatha, I Butt, Adeel Tariq

The purpose of this paper is to investigate trends in the use of research methodologies and publications in manufacturing strategy (MS) literature across geographical regions and…

Self-interest or the greater good: How political and rational dynamics influence the outsourcing process

Donna Marshall, Eamonn Ambrose, Ronan McIvor, Richard Lamming

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the influence of political goals and behaviour on the outsourcing decision process and outcomes.

Who wins in a complex buyer-supplier relationship? A social exchange theory based dyadic study

Kari Tanskanen

In complex buyer-supplier relationships (BSRs), contracts are always incomplete and many of the exchanges non-contractual. Because they occur over a long period of time and…

Themes of study in manufacturing strategy literature

K.A. Chatha, I. Butt

A literature review within the manufacturing strategy (MS) discipline with a focus on thematic developments is provided. Based on recent studies, a set of challenges posed to…