Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 116 Issue 4

Benefiting from external knowledge? A study of telecommunications industry cluster in Shenzhen, China

Chi-Han AI, Hung-Che Wu

External knowledge should not be limited in one zone or level. Researchers have paid more attention to the perspective of multilevel cluster networks. However, little research has…

Big data analytics with swarm intelligence

Shi Cheng, Qingyu Zhang, Quande Qin

The quality and quantity of data are vital for the effectiveness of problem solving. Nowadays, big data analytics, which require managing an immense amount of data rapidly, has…

Constrained clustering method for class-based storage location assignment in warehouse

Chao-Lung Yang, Thi Phuong Quyen Nguyen

Class-based storage has been studied extensively and proved to be an efficient storage policy. However, few literature addressed how to cluster stuck items for class-based…

A grey DEMATEL approach to develop third-party logistics provider selection criteria

Kannan Govindan, Roohollah Khodaverdi, Amin Vafadarnikjoo

Third-party logistics (3PL) plays a main role in supply chain management and, as a result, has experienced remarkable growth. The demand for 3PL providers has become a main…

The role of prior experience and goal orientation in individual absorptive capacity

Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo, Murali Raman

International joint ventures offer the appropriate platform for the host partners in an emerging economy to access the external knowledge embedded in the expatriate from foreign…

Supply chain network, information sharing and SME credit quality

Hua Song, Kangkang Yu, Anirban Ganguly, Rabia Turson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’ supply chain network on influencing credit quality, or more specifically, whether…

Optimal strategies for manufacturer with strategic customer behavior under carbon emissions-sensitive random demand

Wen Jiang, Xu Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the manufacturer’s production, pricing and green technology investment decision problem when strategic customer behavior and carbon…

Multi-attribute approach to sustainable supply chain management under uncertainty

Kuo-Jui Wu, Ching-Jong Liao, MingLang Tseng, Kevin Kuan-Shun Chiu

The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and provide a comprehensive and quantitative method to assess performance…

Modeling consumer switching behavior in social network games by exploring consumer cognitive dissonance and change experience

Yong Liu, Hongxiu Li, Xiaoyu Xu, Vassilis Kostakos, Jukka Heikkilä

The purpose of this paper is to model the effect of alternative products in motivating consumers’ e-service switching behavior in the context of the social network game (SNG…

Sales effort deployment in decentralized dual-channel distribution

Chengli Liu, C.K.M. Lee, K.L. Choy

The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal sale effort deployment under dual-channel distribution which combines a traditional brick and mortar retail channel from the…

Enablers of supply chain integration: Interpersonal and interorganizational relationship perspectives

Bill Wang, Paul Childerhouse, Yuanfei Kang, Baofeng Huo, Sanjay Mathrani

Previous research on supply chain integration (SCI) enablers has primarily focussed on interorganizational relationships, the purpose of this paper is to broaden the discussion to…