An evaluation framework for the dual contribution of action research: Opportunities and challenges in the field of operations management

JA Alfaro-Tanco, L Avella… - … Journal of Qualitative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this paper is to analyze the dual contribution of action research (AR) both for
research as well as business practice, and how this methodology puts into practice a win …

Nurturing environmental champions: Exploring the influence of environmental-specific servant leadership on environmental performance in the hospitality industry

SA Afridi, SZ Ali, RMA Zahid - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the impact of environmental-specific servant leadership (ESSL) on
environmental performance (EP) in the context of the hospitality industry. It further examines …

[HTML][HTML] Project-based practices for promoting a sustainability transition in a city organization and its urban context

H Lehtimäki, A Jokinen, J Pitkänen - International Journal of Project …, 2023 - Elsevier
Projects have become vital in initiating urban sustainability changes. In this study, we
address the research gap regarding the dual role of a project in advancing change in public …

Motivations and challenges for food companies in using IoT sensors for reducing food waste: some insights and a road map for the future

R Ramanathan, Y Duan, T Ajmal, K Pelc, J Gillespie… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Food waste is a serious problem worldwide, including in Europe. Research efforts are being
carried out to reduce food waste. In this paper, we focus on using modern digital …

From transfer to co-creation: action research perspectives in knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) projects

A Ates, S Paton, U Bititci… - Production Planning & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Action Research (AR) is about practitioners and academics interacting to generate
knowledge. Using the University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) literature, we investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Innovation tactics for implementing an ML application in healthcare: A long and winding road

C Gyldenkærne, JU Hansen, M Hertzum… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence techniques, including machine learning (ML), have shown remarkable
test results over the past decade but struggled with the transfer to practical application. The …

Lessons Learned from a Comparative Study of Long-Term Action Research with Community Design of Infrastructural Systems

R Jones, CF Seidelin, AB Neang, CP Lee - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The question of how to develop and maintain appropriate, socially informed and
sophisticated infrastructural systems is an ongoing concern for CSCW. Information …

Operations Management at the service of health care management: Example of a proposal for action research to plan and schedule health resources in scenarios …

JA Marin-Garcia, JP Garcia-Sabater, A Ruiz… - Journal of Industrial …, 2020 - econstor.eu
Purpose: With this work, we intend to promote research on the application of Operations
Management tools in order to assist with decision-making in health crisis situations. During …

Action research as a meta-methodology: insights from an operations development project

J Olhager - Production Planning & Control, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This research addresses action research (AR) as a meta-methodology and uses an
operations development project as an illustration to provide some insights on AR as a meta …

Investigating collaboration in project management research: using action research as a meta-methodology

S Sankaran, R Müller, N Drouin - International Journal of Managing …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate collaboration in project management
research. Although the literature shows an increase in collaboration between scientists and …