Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 114 Issue 9

State of third party logistics providers in China

Albert Wee Kwan Tan, Zhao Yifei, Dali Zhang, Olli-Pekka Hilmola

The purpose of this paper is to identify global trends in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry, and with that to find out where the opportunities and challenges lie, what the…

Gaining customer knowledge in low cost airlines through text mining

Bee Yee Liau, Pei Pei Tan

The purpose of this paper is to study the consumer opinion towards the low-cost airlines or low-cost carriers (LCCs) (these two terms are used interchangeably) industry in…

Motivations of Facebook Places and store atmosphere as moderator

Insu Cho, Joseph Kichul Kim, Heejun Park, Sang M. Lee

The purpose of this paper is to derive and empirically test a theoretically grounded model of motivations (socializing, entertainment, self-expression, and information seeking…

A decision support method for internal truck employment

Z.X. Wang, Felix T.S. Chan, S.H. Chung, Ben Niu

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model that determines the strategy of owning and renting trucks in combinations with internal truck scheduling and storage allocation…

Business value of in-memory technology – multiple-case study insights

Rieke Bärenfänger, Boris Otto, Hubert Österle

– The purpose of this paper is to assess the business value of in-memory computing (IMC) technology by analyzing its organizational impact in different application scenarios.

Contextual factors affecting knowledge management diffusion in SMEs

Hsiu-Fen Lin

Based on the knowledge management (KM) perspective, innovation diffusion theory and technology-organization-environment framework, the purpose of this paper is to develop a…

Scholarly interest in gamification: a citation network analysis

Keith Harman, Alex Koohang, Joanna Paliszkiewicz

Gamification has been studied in many areas, i.e. marketing, education, training, and psychology. There has been an increased interest in the topic of gamification among scholars…

Insights into individual's online shopping continuance intention

Norshidah Mohamed, Ramlah Hussein, Nurul Hidayah Ahmad Zamzuri, Hanif Haghshenas

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into individual's online shopping continuance intention. The research uses the Expectation Confirmation Theory and Technology…

Determinants of user behaviour and recommendation in social networks : An integrative approach from the uses and gratifications perspective

Rafael Curras-Perez, Carla Ruiz-Mafe, Silvia Sanz-Blas

– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of social network use behaviour using Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Uses and Gratifications Theory.

Clustering risk assessment method for shipbuilding industry

Remigiusz Romuald Iwańkowicz, Wlodzimierz Rosochacki

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a risk assessment method for production processes of large-size steel ship hulls.