Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and insights for researchers and policymakers alike.

Governance in global value chains

Purpose - This paper aims to investigate the definition of Lean Production and the methods and goals associated with the concept as well as how it differs from other popular management concepts. Methodology/Approach - The paper is based on a review of the contemporary literature on Lean Production, both journal articles and books. Findings - It is shown in the paper that there is no consensus on a definition of Lean Production between the examined authors. The authors also seem to have different opinions on which characteristics that should be associated with the concept. Overall it can be concluded that Lean Production is not clearly defined in the reviewed literature. This divergence can cause some confusion on a theoretical level, but is probably more problematic on a practical level when organizations aim to implement the concept. This paper argues that it is important for an organization to acknowledge the different variations, and to raise the awareness of the input in the implementation process. It is further argued that the organization should not accept any random variant of Lean, but make active choices and adapt the concept to suit the organization-s needs. Through this process of adaptation, the organization will be able to increase the odds of performing a predictable and successful implementation. Originality/Value - This paper provides a critical perspective on the discourse surrounding Lean Production, and gives an input to the discussion of the implementation of management models. Keywords - Lean Production, Definition, Construct Validity, Total Quality Management Paper type - Conceptual paper

https://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/033/025/ecp0803325.pdf

Defining Lean Production : Some conceptual and practical issues

Abstract : A study is reported of the variations in organizational commitment and job satisfaction, as related to subsequent turnover in a sample of recently-employed psychiatric technician trainees. A longitudinal study was made across a 10 1/2 month period, with attitude measures collected at four points in time. For this sample, job satisfaction measures appeared better able to differentiate future stayers from leavers in the earliest phase of the study. With the passage of time, organizational commitment measures proved to be a better predictor of turnover, and job satisfaction failed to predict turnover. The findings are discussed in the light of other related studies, and possible explanations are examined. (Modified author abstract)

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Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Among Psychiatric Technicians. Technical Report No. 16.

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Cultures And Organizations Software Of The Mind Intercultural Cooperation And Its Importance For Survival

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the confusion between flexibility and agility. The paper traces the evolution of agility and the evolution of flexibility over time, analyses their drivers and different elements, draws the boundaries between them and defines their relationship.,A systematic literature review of flexibility and agility was developed. Papers written between 1920 and 2017 were reviewed and analyzed using a structured review technique. The identified papers focus on flexibility and agility, relating both to manufacturing and the supply chain.,Agility is the natural evolution of flexibility. Until the 1990s, the term “flexibility” was used to refer to agility, but, because of market changes, competitiveness and the need for speed, the term “agility” was coined. While flexibility is considered as an operational ability, agility is a strategic ability that enables a firm to establish a strategic long-term vision. In fact, flexibility is an agility capability, among other capabilities such as responsiveness or speed. There are also several types of flexibility that are used as agility sub-capabilities, or as agility enablers, which further confirms the idea that flexibility is a part of agility.,This research is a systematic review of the existing literature on the concepts of flexibility and agility. Although it is theoretical, it could provide a set of hypotheses that would enable an empirical study to be conducted into how firms from different industries perceive flexibility and agility and how they implement each of them.,Flexibility and agility are two distinct characteristics that enable a firm to gain a competitive advantage by responding quickly and effectively to changing customer demand. However, there is confusion between these two concepts in the academic and professional literature, with both terms being used to refer to the same idea. Our literature review aims to draw the boundaries between flexibility and agility by analyzing the evolution of the two concepts and detailing their respective drivers and elements, in order to bring more clarity to the nature of the relationship between flexibility and agility.

Flexibility and agility: evolution and relationship

This paper investigates the antecedents of supply chain agility and its impact on firm’s operational performance. Drawing upon dynamic capabilities perspective and contingency theory, the study arg...

Agility as a combination of lean and supply chain integration: how to achieve a better performance

Cette recherche ambitionne de comprendre les dimensions qui influencent le choix d’un scenario organisationnel pour l’execution des activites logistiques dans le contexte d’un pays africain. Elle c...

Arbitrage entre l’internalisation et l’externalisation des activités logistiques dans les pays africains. Une explication néo-institutionnelle dans le contexte marocain

Le but de ce papier est de mettre en perspectives les possibilites d'integration des entreprises Marocaines aux Supply Chains globales, compte tenu des caracteristiques de leurs contextes culturels, managerial, et Macro-logistique. Nous avons releve durant la confrontation de la litterature aux donnees auxquelles nous nous disposons, un contexte managerial et macro-logistique defavorable a l'integration operationnelle des entreprises Marocaines. Neanmoins, le contexte de la culture Nationale pourrait presenter des caracteristiques favorables a l'integration relationnelle des entreprises Marocaines a leurs partenaires.

Typologies d'intégration des Supply Chains: perspectives pour le contexte Marocain

Plusieurs recherches constatent le controle des Amazighs du commerce de detail au Maghreb. Au Maroc, les Souassa1 sont reputes maitriser et controler le canal de distribution traditionnel. Cet article a pour objectif de comprendre la nature et les bases de developpement de la confiance dans les reseaux sociaux lies a ce canal de distribution traditionnel. Il vise ainsi a demontrer que la nature de la confiance developpee obeit aux caracteristiques culturelles du reseau dans lequel les acteurs sont encastres. Pour etudier le contexte du canal de distribution traditionnel au Maroc, cet article se fondera sur la theorie de l’echange social, celle de l’encastrement dans les reseaux sociaux, et la theorie de la culture. En adoptant une approche exploratoire, nous nous baserons sur des entretiens semi-directifs avec guide d’entretien, qui feront l’objet d’une analyse thematique de contenu.Classification JEL : L22

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Mohammed Amine Balambo

Papers

Flexibility and agility: evolution and relationship

Agility as a combination of lean and supply chain integration: how to achieve a better performance

Arbitrage entre l’internalisation et l’externalisation des activités logistiques dans les pays africains. Une explication néo-institutionnelle dans le contexte marocain

Typologies d'intégration des Supply Chains: perspectives pour le contexte Marocain

Les réseaux sociaux dans le canal de distribution traditionnel au Maroc : l’exemple des Souassa