The importance of supply chain innovation to the operational management practices is
difficult to underestimate, especially as it concerns developing novel products and services …

Nowadays, the integration of sustainability into supply chain management (SCM) is a key
issue for ensuring corporate competitiveness in face of dynamic ecological and social …

The incomplete implementation of lean and innovative approaches in Indian small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the lack of evidence of successful application of …

This research examines the individual and combined effects of internal integration (II) and
external integration (EI) on product innovation. Two combined effects—balanced integration …

Purpose The importance of innovation as a generator of competitive advantage and the
collaborative nature of this process are recurring themes in the literature. This paper aims to …

The innovation efforts of manufacturing firms have recently come to top the agendas of both
businesses and industrial policy makers. One persistent research gap in this field relates to …

We explored the moderating impacts of product modularity and supply chain visibility for
sustainability and operational initiatives, which entails a dramatic rethinking and …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the extant literature on the
relationship between product architectures and supply chain design to identify gaps in the …

Modularity is gaining relevance within Engineer-to-Order (ETO) industries such as
construction and shipbuilding. So far, however, the concept of modularity does not seem to …

Previous research suggests that innovation resources (ie internal and external Research &
Development, acquisition of machinery, hardware, software, patents, and licenses) enhance …