Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 115 Issue 1

Corporate sustainability development in China: review and analysis

Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis, Yijie Dou

The purpose of this paper is to threefold. The first purpose is to review and critically analyze corporate sustainability development (CSD) research in China. Second, the paper…

Effect of information sharing and process coordination on logistics outsourcing

Chen Liu, Baofeng Huo, Shulin Liu, Xiande Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to test how integrative mechanisms, including information sharing and process coordination, influence logistics outsourcing, and how logistics…

Prognostic analysis of defects in manufacturing

Jongsawas Chongwatpol

Since works-in-process (WIPs) are highly vulnerable to defects because of the variety and complexity of manufacturing processes, the purpose of this paper is to describe how to…

Exploring privacy and trust for employee monitoring

Shuchih Ernest Chang, Anne Yenching Liu, Sungmin Lin

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate privacy boundaries and explores employees’ reactions in employee monitoring.

How does performance history impact supplier selection in public sector?

Olivier Mamavi, Haithem Nagati, Gilles Pache, Frederick T. Wehrle

The purpose of this paper is to study if the performance history impacts supplier selection in the French public sector context. While French public procurement legislation…

Impact of human resources on supply chain management and performance

Milena Gómez-Cedeño, José María Castán-Farrero, Laura Guitart-Tarrés, Jorge Matute-Vallejo

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that human resource management (HRM) has an impact on supply chain management (SCM), which in turn has a significant impact on customer…

User development through proactive knowledge transfer

Abdelkader Daghfous, Norita Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the concept of user development which consists of proactively transferring knowledge to potential users of IT innovations in order to…

Gender differences in satisfaction with Facebook users

Tommy K. H. Chan, Christy M. K. Cheung, Na Shi, Matthew K. O. Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors associated with user satisfaction in the social network sites (SNSs), and to explore the moderating effects of gender on user…

Editorial

Hing Kai Chan, Alain Yee Loong Chong