Showing papers by "Rob Dekkers published in 2019"
TL;DR: Outsourcing and/or offshoring is one of the important and key strategic approaches in complex, dynamic and competitive global supply chains.
Abstract: Outsourcing and/or offshoring is one of the important and key strategic approaches in complex, dynamic and competitive global supply chains. It is one of the sustained trends of business undertaken...
18 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic literature review is performed to find existing methods and tools of lean product development that contribute to sustainability, and the authors conclude that from an integral perspective of sustainability, just a few tools cover the social dimension or the three dimensions all together.
8 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a focus group was organized centred on core themes of open innovation and the outcomes suggest that canonical views on "Open Innovation" prevail, particularly for collaboration, even though its opportunities are well-recognised.
Abstract: With open innovation gaining popularity, the question is how firms view its conceptualisation. This is of particular interest for those national economies that are patchy and consisting largely of small and medium-sized enterprises, as in Scotland. To solicit views of Scottish firms a focus group was organised centred on core themes of open innovation. Interviews with Scottish Innovation Centres complemented the focus group. The outcomes suggest that canonical views on ‘open innovation’ prevail, particularly for collaboration, even though its opportunities are well-recognised. It also turns out that some Scottish companies hold myopic views on innovation, which could be an explanatory factor for the oft-discussed innovation gap in the United Kingdom. Most interestingly, our study also reveals the concept of open innovation is not always understood for what it covers; it is recommended that the term ‘open innovation’ is redefined as ‘open collaboration’ to better reflect its nature.
JEL Codes: O32
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TL;DR: This paper aims to further analyse the outcomes of the use of simulation modelling guided by a framework by reviewing outcomes of methods and tools that apply the simulation modelling with regard to types of building theory approaches, objectives and data used.
1 citations