Practices for strategic capacity management in Malaysian manufacturing firms

While the notion of manufacturing capabilities is a long-standing notion in research on operations management, its actual implementation and management has been hardly researched. Five case studies in Malaysia offered the opportunity to examine the practice of manufacturing managers with regard to strategic capability management. The data collection and analysis was structured by using the notion of Strategic Capacity Management. Whereas traditionally literature has demonstrated the beneficial impact of an appropriate manufacturing strategy on the business strategy and performance, the study highlights the difficulty of managers to set the strategy, let alone implementing it. This is partly caused by the immense pressure of customers in these dominantly Make-To-Order environments for SMEs. Current concepts for manufacturing capabilities have insufficiently accounted this phenomenon and an outline of a research agenda is presented

Analisis Pengaruh Quality, Image, Brand Equity, dan Value terhadap Loyalitas Seller sebagai Salah Satu Partner E-marketplace di Lazada Indonesia

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari beberapa faktor yaitu quality, image, brand equity dan value terhadap loyalitas seller sebagai salah satu partner e-marketplace di Lazada Indonesia. Sampel diambil dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 82 responden. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan literatur. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah metode analisis regresi berganda untuk mengetahui pengaruh antara variabel-variabel bebas terhadap variabel terikat. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa; 1). Kualitas e-marketplace tidak berpengaruh positif dan siginifikan terhadap loyalitas seller 2). Citra Perusahaan penyedia e-marketplace berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas seller 3). Ekuitas brand Perusahaan e-marketplace berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas seller 4). Nilai yang dimiliki oleh Perusahaan e-marketplace berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas seller 5). Kualitas Pelayanan, citra Perusahaan, ekuitas brand dan nilai Perusahaan secara bersama-sama berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas seller sebagai salah satu partner e-marketplace di Lazada Indonesia. Loyalitas seller sebagai salah satu partner e-marketplace di Lazada Indonesia terbukti dipengaruhi oleh keempat variabel yang diteliti yaitu sebesar 74% dan sisanya 26% dipengaruhi oleh faktor atau variabel-variabel lainnya.Kata Kunci: Quality, Image, Brand Equity, Value, Loyalitas Seller2 This study aims to determine the effect of e-service quality, image, brand equity, and value to seller's loyalty as a partner in Lazada Indonesia e-marketplace. Samples were taken by using purposive sampling method, with the total number of sample is 82 respondents. The technique of collecting data is using questionnaires and literatures. 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Market information acquisition: a prerequisite for successful strategic entrepreneurship

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Qualitative Case Studies in Operations Management: Trends, Research Outcomes, And Future Research Implications

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Sustainability and the Talentship Paradigm: Strategic Human Resource Management Beyond the Bottom Line

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KM Maturity Factors Affecting High Performance in Universities

This paper aims to measure Knowledge Management Maturity (KMM) in the universities to determine the impact of knowledge management on high performance. This study was applied on Al-Quds Open University in Gaza strip, Palestine. Asian productivity organization model was applied to measure KMM. Second dimension which assess high performance was developed by the authors. The controlled sample was (306). Several statistical tools were used for data analysis and hypotheses testing, including reliability Correlation using Cronbach’s alpha, “ANOVA”, Simple Linear Regression and Step Wise Regression.The overall findings of the current study suggest that KMM is suitable for measuring high performance. KMM assessment shows that maturity level is in level three. Findings also support the main hypothesis and it is sub- hypotheses. The most important factors effecting high performance are: Processes, KM leadership, People, KM Outcomes and Learning and Innovation. Furthermore the current study is unique by the virtue of its nature, scope and way of implied investigation, as it is the first comparative study in the universities of Palestine explores the status of KMM using the Asian productivity Model

Towards better integration of environmental science in society: lessons from BONUS, the joint Baltic Sea environmental research and development programme

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