There are various complex reasons that influence sustainable adoption of innovations in health care systems. Low can be caused by a lack support from one or more stakeholders because their needs and expectations not always considered aligned.This study aimed to identify stakeholders' perceptions barriers facilitators toward the digital innovations.A stakeholder workshop was attended 12 participants with range backgrounds on August 25, 2017, including people representing views patients,...

Abstract Practicing managers often use the idea of core competence as one principal guidelines for making decisions about outsourcing. Managers large corporations commonly support their outsourcing with familiar argument that ‘We keep competences in‐house, and we outsource non‐core activities’. This paper questions usefulness ‘non‐core competence’ concept practical decision making. It reviews discusses a comprehensive list drivers well potential risks related to initiatives. Instead taking...

By focusing on the management of entire value chains, supply chain has gained increasing popularity in research and teaching global businesses. The right practices can take companies to great heights; lack attention draw close peril. In business executives, there are four major issues that need be highlighted: flawless execution operations, change from demand focus, outsourcing base development, partnership implementation. This article explains these issues, material is developed at IMD...

Abstract This paper summarises the findings of an empirical study to test validity ‘rigid flexibility’ [Collins, R.S., Schmenner, R., 1993. Achieving rigid flexibility: factory focus for 1990s. Eur. Manage. J., 11 (4) 443–447.] model manufacturing strategy. The basic tenet is that flexibility in manufacturing, and thereby responsiveness market requirements, achieved through simplicity process discipline procedures. was carried out using merged Made Europe (Hanson et al., 1994) Switzerland...

Identifies and discusses a number of methodological issues which can arise in the design administration instruments for purpose large‐scale survey research manufacturing strategy practice. Describes two such surveys. Both were undertaken by researchers at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. The first was study strategies western Europe, while second practice performance A comparison approaches taken allows identification are discussed greater detail. These include sample (sector) selection,...

The technological improvements of recent years made possible to give a boost immersive technologies such as virtual or augmented reality. This impulse has lowered costs, making it for anyone create content in 360 degrees. In education, this allows the student be easily placed contexts where otherwise large number resources would needed. There are currently many applications creation interactive activities, but few totally free and even less with ability integrate into different Learning...

A fundamental challenge in the resource-based view (RBV) research is identification of strategic resources and capabilities, whether they lie within a firm's boundaries or its supply chain.RBV theorists regarded as first step analysis resources, followed by development/maintenance finally their deployment.Some authors developed frameworks for boundaries.Many believe that capabilities are not limited to boundaries, extend network.In this paper, we classify chain into two categories: internal...

The unabridged versions of these cases won the 2011 ecch Case Award in category Production and Operations Management, Supply Chain Management 2009 EFMD Writing Competition organized by European Foundation for Development. case series IMD-6–0315 IMD-6-0316 are distributed ECCH (www.ecch.com) educational use.This describes decision-making situation challenges implementing a logistics transformation at LEGO, starting 2004 continuing four years. A concentrates on choice between three viable...

This case is based on extensive semi-structured interviews with key adidas Russia/CIS executives who were in charge of implementing the radical IT, supply chain and omnichannel initiatives that transformed from one poorest performers to new standard within Group. The included pioneering rollout implementation technologies such as click-and-collect, ship-from-store, endless aisle RFID. All this took place face massive economic crisis embroiled Russia at time. With some 1,200 company-owned...