Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 109 Issue 6

Exploring individual personality factors as drivers of M‐shopping acceptance

Joaquín Aldás‐Manzano, Carla Ruiz‐Mafé, Silvia Sanz‐Blas

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how personality variables related to technology (innovativeness, compatibility and affinity) can modify the influence of classical…

Product data management practices in high‐tech companies

Hanna Kropsu‐Vehkapera, Harri Haapasalo, Janne Harkonen, Risto Silvola

The purpose of this paper is to provide tangible examples of product data management (PDM) practices in large high‐tech companies, and to highlight current challenges.

Analyzing financing strategy of public manufacturing companies

Kuang‐Hsun Shih, Kang‐Chi Fan

This paper focuses on Taiwanese‐funded manufacturing companies operating in mainland China to analyze the factors affecting funding decision‐making before and after initial public…

Cultural repercussions: An analysis of management behaviour through the lens of European cultural variations

Rune Ellemose Gulev

This pilot study complements the ongoing culture‐management behaviour discourse by systematically investigating two novel dimensions through which culture can be measured and…

Electronic information transfer in a transport chain

Tommi Inkinen, Ulla Tapaninen, Hennariina Pulli

The purpose of this paper is to assess electronic information transfer in logistics organizations. The paper approaches information transfer as an elemental component of…

Profile‐based circumstances for productivity measurement

Kongkiti Phusavat, Pornthep Anussornnitisarn, Supattra Sujitwanit, Pekka Kess

The purpose of this paper is to identify the specific circumstances which require productivity information. It aims to help support the promotion of productivity for manufacturing…

Knowledge management enablers and outcomes in the small‐and‐medium sized enterprises

Mahmoud Migdadi

This paper attempts to accomplish the following aims: first, identify the preliminary knowledge management (KM) critical success factors (CSFs) or enablers that need to be…

Managerial view on design for manufacturing

Matti Mottonen, Janne Harkonen, Pekka Belt, Harri Haapasalo, Jouni Simila

The purpose of this paper is to provide a tangible example of organisational solutions in effective design for manufacturing (DfM) in a large information and communications…