How much does Lean Manufacturing need environmental and information technologies?

A Sartal, J Llach, XH Vázquez, R de Castro - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the role played by Environmental and Information Technologies
(ET&IT) in the capability of Lean Manufacturing (LM) to achieve improved industrial …

From efficiency‐driven to low‐carbon operations management: Implications for labor productivity

A Sartal, M Rodríguez… - Journal of Operations …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use 9 years of dynamic panel data (4,090 observations) to explore how decarbonization
moderates the association between a selection of efficiency‐driven shop‐floor initiatives and …

Firm, industry, and country effects on CO2 emissions levels

L López‐Manuel, XH Vázquez… - Business Strategy and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We hinge on a panel data of 4660 firms across 79 countries and over 15 years to explore
how country, industry, and firm effects influence firms' CO2 emissions. Our results show that …

Implementing information technologies and operational excellence: Planning, emergence and randomness in the survival of adaptive manufacturing systems

A Sartal, XH Vázquez - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
We explore the why and how of synergies and dysfunctions between Information
Technologies (IT) and Operational Excellence (OE). Moving away from the type of analyses …

Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing's impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey

J Llach, FJ León-Mateos, N Depino-Besada… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to analyze the mediating role that green practices (GPs) and green
technologies (GTs) play in the relationship between lean manufacturing (LM) and industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Impacto de la capacidad de absorción del conocimiento en la innovación. El caso del sector petroquímico en Reynosa, México

SY Solis Vázquez, F García Fernández, M Zerón Félix - Innovar, 2017 - scielo.org.co
La capacidad de absorción del conocimiento para generar innovaciones se ha convertido
en la clave de éxito para que las empresas enfrenten la competitividad. El propósito de esta …

Types of agglomeration economies: effects on business innovation

E Claver-Cortés, B Marco-Lajara… - Contemporary …, 2016 - papers.ssrn.com
A review of the literature does not provide conclusive results about the effects caused by firm
agglomeration on innovation. In order to shed light on this issue, this paper draws a …

Organizational tools and cultural change in the success of lean transformations: Delving into sequence and rhythm

A Sartal, XH Vázquez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Even if the original seminal authors developed the tools used in lean manufacturing (LM) as
inherently culture-dependent, western companies have found a variety of alternatives to …

Location decisions and agglomeration economies: Domestic and foreign companies

EC Cortés, BM Lajara, EM Marhuenda… - … Journal of Regional …, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
La expansión internacional de las empresas multinacionales (EMNs) constituye uno de los
tópicos más analizados por los académicos e investigadores. Enparticular, una línea de …

Battle royal in biotechnology: R&D vs. product vs. process innovations

JL Nicolau, MJ Santa-María - Technology Analysis & Strategic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Companies regard innovation as a central element of their business. However, as not all
innovation types are the same, the central question is: should their announcements bring …