Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 113 Issue 1

Music business models and piracy

Oscar F. Bustinza, Ferran Vendrell‐Herrero, Glenn Parry, Vasileios Myrthianos

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the scale of illegal file‐sharing activity across ten countries and to correlate this activity with country revenues. The work aims to…

Strategic sourcing in the textile and apparel industry

Jin Su

The purpose of this paper is to investigate performance outcomes of strategic sourcing, specifically examining how strategic sourcing affects buyer‐supplier relationship, supplier…

Organizational commitment in an intense competition environment

Yen‐Ku Kuo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of market orientation (MO) on organizational performance (OP) through organizational commitment (OC) in the intensely…

Optimal technology selection considering input levels of resource

Peng Yu, Jang Hee Lee

The purpose of this paper is to propose an optimal technology selection (OTS) method considering technology alternatives' required input levels of resource, to help companies…

Evaluating alternative industrial network organizations and information systems

Herwig Mittermayer, Carlos Rodríguez‐Monroy

The purpose of this paper is to present a simulation‐based evaluation method for the comparison of different organizational forms and software support levels in the field of…

Revenue maximizing itemset construction for online shopping services

Kwanho Kim, Beom‐Suk Chung, Jae‐Yoon Jung, Jonghun Park

Revenue maximization through improving click‐throughs is of great importance for price comparison shopping services (PCSSs) whose revenues directly depend on the number of…

Perceived performance effects of ICT in manufacturing SMEs

Alberto Bayo‐Moriones, Margarita Billón, Fernando Lera‐López

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether information and communication technologies (ICT) resources, including investment and use of specific types of ICT as well as…

Hybrid modeling and simulation for innovation deployment strategies

Bochao Wang, Young B. Moon

The purpose of this paper is to provide a simulation model for assessing innovation deployment strategies by evaluating and comparing their outcomes using a hybrid modeling and…