This article explores the acquisition of business solutions in complex systems environments,
through insights drawn from current literature and a study of the UK defense industry. We …

Crises test the resilience of public service organizations. Healthcare providers must respond
and innovate within tight constraints to address challenges. Presenting COVID-19 as a …

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology presents a very optimistic case for its application for
mass customisation. Even though theoretically suitable, practically several critical barriers …

The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the global economy, laying bare the coordination
challenges and vulnerabilities of global value chains (GVCs) across sectors. Governments, …

This research paper explores the emerging potential of IoT technology as an enabler for
manufacturers seeking to exploit opportunities for new production, business and operating …

Purpose To achieve project success, an effective project risk management procedure is
inevitable. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of risk factors on project …

Purpose The emergence of distributed manufacturing (DM) is examined as a new form of
localised production, distinct from previous manifestations of multi-domestic and indigenous …

The world is witnessing an unprecedented upheaval in global operations and supply chains
(Azadegan and Dooley, 2021; Scholten et al., 2020). Increasingly occurring natural …

Our study of UK higher education institutions (HEIs) offers insights into the role of institutional
logics in the adoption of organisational practices–specifically outsourcing. We identify two …

Recent advances in small-scale local production technologies and materials sciences,
combined with the power of digital design and analysis methods, have generated new …