Environmental scanning is a broadly defined concept, having first received attention from
scholars in the late 1960s. Over the years a number of similar and overlapping constructs …

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Purpose: Technological advances and increased environmental turbulence require a
transition in quality management. The study aimed at developing a Quality 4.0 maturity index …

Innovation is a hybrid concept that has evolved over time and adapts itself to changing
conditions (Fagerberg et al., 2006). It plays a major role in the growth and economic …

Given the increasingly strategic role of external resources, acquiring knowledge about
current suppliers and the broader supply market is an important and demanding task for the …

The central role of R&D centers in the advancement of technology within industrial
enterprises is undeniable and clearly affects their strategies, their competitiveness and their …

Technology opportunity discovery (TOD) is becoming increasingly important for identifying
technology opportunities so that they can be reflected in firms' strategy planning. However …

Today, organizations are facing technological, economic and social challenges thatrequire
the intelligent use of data, information and knowledge. To this end, organizations …

Purpose Blockchain is a relatively new technology. Although it has a high potential to
influence organizational strategies for adoption into respective operations, it has not been …

In business or government operations, surprise is rarely a good thing. Although sometimes
positive, the effects of unexpected events and developments can take a variety of difficult …