The Role of Operations Management Across the Entrepreneurial Value Chain

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Joglekar ◽  
Moren Levesque
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Operations Management

scholarly journals Circular Agreements—Exploring the Role of Agreements and Deals as a Political Tool for a Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Free Rider Problem ◽  
Political Governance ◽  
The Eu

AbstractA problem for a circular economy, embedded in its policies, tools, technologies and models, is that it is driven by the interests and needs of producers, rather than customers and users. This opinion paper focuses on an alternative form of governance—agreements, which thanks to their bargaining approach brings actors from across the value chain into the policy process. The purpose of this opinion paper is to uncover and analyse the potential of such agreements for a circular economy. Circular agreements aim at increasing the circulation of materials and are an emerging form of political governance within the EU. These agreements have different names, involve different actors and govern in different ways. However, circular agreements seem to work when other types of regulations fail to establish circulation. These agreements bring actors together and offer a platform for negotiating how advantages and disadvantages can be redistributed between actors in a way that is more suitable for a circular economy. However, circular agreements are dependent on other policy instruments to work and can generate a free-rider problem with uninvolved actors. The agreements may also become too detailed and long term, which leads to problem shifting and lock-ins, respectively.

scholarly journals Moderating Role of Connoisseur Consumers on Sustainable Consumption and Dynamics Capabilities of Indonesian Single Origin Coffee Shops

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mangku Purnomo ◽  
Pardamean Daulay ◽  
Medea Utomo ◽  
Sugeng Riyanto
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Coffee Consumption ◽  
Single Origin ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Revenue Structure ◽  
Coffee Shops ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Standard Character

Between agro-food products, coffee is the first commodity to quarrel in ethical attributes and sustainability issues such as fair trade, premium prices, as well as justified value chain issues. Taking into account the growing coffee consumption in Indonesia, this article tries to prove connoisseur consumers (CCs) are moderating the sustainable consumption and dynamics capabilities (DCs) of single origin coffee shops (SOCSs). An in-depth interview to 30 SOCS managers and 60 baristas and a survey to 450 consumers found that there are significant correlations between connoisseurs attributes such as the depth of a barista’s knowledge of coffee, the barista’s skills, the shop image, the coffee variation, the barista’s communication skills, and the serving techniques and that they have a relationship with an increase in the number of consumers. The existence of CCs has encouraged the practice of consumption sustainability of SOCSs and moderates SOCSs to improve sensing, seizing, and transforming shop management to stand against the competition. Based on the above findings, more in-depth research on the standard character and number of CCs is needed as well as their contribution to the revenue structure of SOCSs. Meanwhile, connoisseur customers’ support is capable of helping the SOCSs in improving their DCs to improve the sustainable consumption of Indonesian single origin coffee in the future.

Ambidextrous leadership, entrepreneurial orientation, and operational performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trong Tuan Luu
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Organizational Social Capital ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Predictive Role ◽  
Ambidextrous Leadership

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of ambidextrous leadership in fostering entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and operational performance. The research also seeks an insight into the moderating role that organizational social capital (OSC) plays on the relationship between ambidextrous leadership and EO. Design/methodology/approach The responses to the questionnaire survey were collected from 427 managers from software companies in Vietnam business context. Findings The data analysis verified the positive effect of ambidextrous leadership on EO, which was positively moderated by OSC. The research results also shed light on the predictive role of EO for the organization’s operational performance. Originality/value This research contributes to literature through identifying the convergence of entrepreneurship and operations management research streams, and the moderation role of OSC for the ambidextrous leadership-EO relationship.

Role of Women in the Pursuit of NDE 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-284
Author(s):  
Ripi Singh ◽  
Marybeth Miceli
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Change Leadership ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Growth Disruption ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Technology Standardization

This paper is intended to highlight roles that women can and likely will play in shaping the future of NDE 4.0, from execution to leadership levels as well as from development to transformation activities. As we build momentum toward adopting Industry 4.0 into the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) domain, we face multiple challenges such as technology standardization, talent and skills shortfall, massive transformation, and regulatory and certification standards (Singh 2019, 2020a). Many of these challenges are better addressed with a proper mix of gender in responsible teams. Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields are a source of talent that can be harnessed as digitalization becomes a major part of the NDE sector. According to a recent Forbes article, traits like listening and empathy serve women well in “change leadership,” which is the ability to influence and inspire action in others and respond with vision and agility during periods of growth, disruption, or uncertainty to bring about the needed change (Lipkin 2019). While working the innovation value chain, emotional intelligence makes women better suited to capturing marketplace insight and easing friction in technology adoption, and a balance of gender in a team makes for more productive ideation sessions for effective problem-solving and objective execution. This paper presents literature research triggered by personal experience and substantiated by recent candid conversations with women leaders in NDE, to highlight the importance of a blended and balanced gender mix required for NDE 4.0.

FROM SUBCONTRACTED R&D TO JOINT COLLABORATION: THE ROLE OF TRUST IN FACILITATING THIS PROCESS

2004 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 205-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL RYAN ◽  
MAJELLA GIBLIN ◽  
EDEL WALSHE
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Effective Selection ◽  
Unstable Environment ◽  
Consumer Tastes

High-technology companies operate in a dynamic and unstable environment due to rapidly changing technologies and consumer tastes. An increasing number of companies are engaging in joint R&D projects to subvent the constraints to competitiveness in this turbulent environment. Collaborative R&D activity has been studied from the perspectives of strategic management [Dodgson (1992)], organizational behavior [Powell et al. (1996)], operations management [Nooteboom et al. (2000)] and business-to-business marketing [Turnbull et al. (1996)]. Within the literature, trust has been identified as highly significant to alliance effectiveness, governance and the development of a long-term mutually beneficial relationship. [Perry et al. (2002); Ramaseshan and Loo (1998); Morgan and Hunt (1994); Ganesan (1994); Nooteboom et al. (2000)]. This paper describes a collaborative R&D project between two high-tech companies to trace the development of trust between the partners. It specifically considers the role of trust in facilitating the progression of their relationship from subcontracting to joint collaboration. Reaffirming existing theories, the findings of the paper identify partner compatibility and an effective selection process as well as openness and honesty as the foundations for trust. Moreover, sound management practices were found to foster high levels of co-operation and commitment to the relationship. The main contribution of the paper is the identification of opportunistic behavior as a possible positive phenomenon. This provides new insight to existing literature which traditionally assumes a negative relationship between trust and exploitative behavior.

scholarly journals A detailed survey of just-in-time implementation status within Libyan cement industry, and its implication for operations management

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1081
Author(s):  
Rajab Abduallah Hokoma ◽  
Hala Mansour Amaigl
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cement Industry ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Implementation Status

This paper investigates in detail the current status of the implementation levels of JIT key-factors and their sub-elements within the cement industry within Libya, and its implication for management within the said industry. A survey methodology has been applied in this detailed investigation using an intensive questionnaire and one-to-one interviews of the correspondent organizations. Based on the analysis of the survey findings, the results show that the implementation status of the JIT key-factors and their sub-elements are found to be in the modest levels across all the surveyed organisations, thereby indicating to opportunities for eliminating waste and improving the value chain. This paper has also pointed to crucial areas where the senior management body within this industry need to take immediate actions in order to achieve an effective and successful implementation of JIT systems. The paper also makes a contribution by providing an insight into what extent the JIT key-factors and their sub-elements are understood and implemented within the key Libyan manufacturing industry.

scholarly journals Transition Pathways for the Farmed Salmon Value Chain: Industry Perspectives and Sustainability Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 12106
Author(s):  
Ingunn Y. Gudbrandsdottir ◽  
Nína M. Saviolidis ◽  
Gudrun Olafsdottir ◽  
Gudmundur V. Oddsson ◽  
Hlynur Stefansson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Food System ◽  
Current System ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Drivers Of Change ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Farmed Salmon ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Salmon is the most consumed farmed seafood in the EU and there is no indication that demand will abate. Yet salmon aquaculture’s environmental impacts are significant, and its future is likely to be shaped by demands of increased but at the same time more sustainable production. This study developed an integrated theoretical framework based on the multi-level perspective (MLP) and a global value chain (GVC) governance framework and applied it to the global farmed salmon value chain. The objective was to provide insights on the most likely transition pathway towards sustainability based on industry and expert perspectives. The perceptions on challenges and drivers of change, were gathered through focus groups and in-depth interviews, and fitted to the integrated framework to facilitate the transition pathway analysis. Viewing the qualitative findings in the context of the MLP framework provided information about the current workings of the system, the drivers of change in the socio-technical landscape and niche-innovations and their potential to challenge or enhance the current system and thus indicated possible system transitions. To emphasize the role of industry actors in shaping the future of the salmon value chain, the analysis was strengthened using the GVC model which added information about power relations, signaling the ability of system actors to motivate or resist change. The findings indicate that, due to resistance in the regime and the fact that niche-innovations are not yet sufficiently developed, the farmed salmon value chain will continue to be predominated by traditional sea-based aquaculture but that there will be a gradual shift towards more diversity in terms of production methods in response to landscape pressures. The discussion addresses sustainability challenges and policy implications for the farmed salmon value chain and highlights the need for a food system perspective.

scholarly journals Strategi Pengembangan Usaha Kecil Menengah (UKM) Kreatif Pedesaan di Kabupaten Sleman studi Kasus Subsektor Industri Kerajinan Anyaman Mendong

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristiana Sri Utami ◽  
Nany Noor Kurniyati
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Culture Heritage ◽  
Design Production ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Creative industries including its subsector handicraft, is very potential to be developed, because Indonesia is rich in culture heritage. Creative industries is largely related to a group of micro , small and medium enterprises which are mostly located in rural areas . Industry has entered the era of globalization which is rapidly developed, so that the role of UKM (small&medium enterprises) in handicraft as a part of the creative industries to achieve welfare society should be developed. The appropriate strategic planning will spur the development of this industry. Mendong craft is one of the creative industry subsector that exists in Sleman. Methods of analysis is using value chain and SWOT analysis. From the data, it is found that mendong craft is a cultured asset that deserve to be developed. Mendong, as the material for the weaved craft is an abundant local natural asset, but a lack of interest from the local community to develop this industry brings less quantity of product that is produced. This craft is still less touched so that it has limitation in creation/ design, production,commerlialization, and distribution. The reality is that the entrepreneurs are afraid to enter the global marked caused by anxiousness about the inability to fulfill demanded quantity.

scholarly journals HILIRISASI INDUSTRI SAWIT DI SUMATERA UTARA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Matupalesa ◽  
Yudhi Dharma Nauly ◽  
Ivan Fanani
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Hub And Spoke ◽  
North Sumatra

This study aims to provide an overview of the potential downstream of the palm oil industry in North Sumatra, by conducting a series of visits to companies that act as an anchors in the palm oil industry, particularly those located in KEK Sei Mangkei, Kuala Tanjung and KIM. The writing of this study was conducted by using descriptive-explorative analysis method which relies on primary data from companies considered to have a key role in palm industry in North Sumatra. The research method used in the form of identification of value chain, hub-and-spoke and assess the value added of the downstream stages of palm oil. In the end, the downstream of palm oil industry also needs to prioritize the role of anchor companies as locomotives for palm oil industry development in the future.

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