TY - JOUR TI - Why Intervals? Because If We Allow Other Sets, Tractable Problems Become Intractable AU - Nogueira, Monica AU - Nandigam, Amarendra T2 - Reliable Computing DA - 1998/11// PY - 1998/11// DO - 10.1023/a:1024475901686 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 389-394 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1024475901686 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The scientific theory-building process: A primer using the case of TQM AU - Handfield, R.B. AU - Melnyk, S.A. T2 - Journal of Operations Management AB - Abstract As Operations Management (OM) researchers begin to undertake and publish more empirical research, there is a need to understand the nature of the scientific theory‐building process implicit in this activity. This tutorial presents a process map approach to this process. We begin by defining the nature of scientific knowledge, and proceed through the stages of the theory‐building process, using illustrations from OM research in Total Quality Management. The tutorial ends with a discussion of the criteria for OM journal reviewers to consider in evaluating theory‐driven empirical research, and suggests a number of OM topic areas that require greater theory development. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00017-5 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 321-339 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032118213&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - TQM dynamics - an empirical study of TQM practice and performance AU - Das, Ajay AU - Handfield, Robert B. AU - Calantone, Roger J. AU - Ghosh, Soumen C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 3 SP - 1620-1622 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031634149&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Supplier development: An empirical investigation AU - Krause, Daniel R. AU - Handfield, Robert B. AU - Scannell, Thomas V. C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 3 SP - 1275-1277 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031639017&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Success factors in strategic supplier alliances: The buying company perspective AU - Monczka, R.M. AU - Petersen, K.J. AU - Handfield, R.B. AU - Ragatz, G.L. T2 - Decision Sciences AB - ABSTRACT The emerging area of supply chain alliances has received considerable attention in the academic and managerial press, yet there are many unanswered questions regarding the dynamics of such relationships. A number of such fundamental issues drive this research initiative, including how alliances are developed, their key success factors, and the specific benefits to be achieved. The study begins by establishing a definition of strategic supplier alliances, based on a comparison of both theoretical and managerial descriptions. The critical antecedents associated with the success of strategic supplier alliances are next developed, and the magnitude of the effect of these factors on partnership success is assessed. The analysis employs both qualitative and quantitative data, collected through an electronic network of over 200 companies, as part of an ongoing benchmarking initiative in supply chain management. From the perspective of the buying company in the alliance, the following attributes of supplier alliances were found to be significantly related to partnership success: trust and coordination, interdependence, information quality and participation, information sharing, joint problem solving, avoiding the use of severe conflict resolution tactics, and the existence of a formal supplier/commodity alliance selection process. Resource commitment and smoothing over problems were found to be poor predictors of alliance success. The implications of these results for managerial decision making in supplier alliance development are discussed. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1998.tb01354.x VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 553-577 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032272611&partnerID=MN8TOARS KW - linear regression KW - purchasing KW - and supply chain management ER - TY - JOUR TI - Stages of global sourcing strategy evolution: An exploratory study AU - Bozarth, C. AU - Handfield, R. AU - Das, A. T2 - Journal of Operations Management AB - Abstract This paper analyzes the interrelationships between international sourcing decisions, sourcing strategies, and supplier performance. We first discuss the effect of global competition on the need for firms to seek international suppliers, and present a number of taxonomies that describe the evolution of global supply base development. The deployment of different commodity strategies (e.g., information sharing, single vs. multiple sourcing, contracts, and partnering) in conjunction with international sourcing is also reviewed. In the second half of the paper, we examine a set of international sourcing practices from a sample of 55 US manufacturing firms. Results suggest that US purchasing professionals are not spending as much time managing the ongoing buyer–supplier relationship as they are making the initial purchasing decision. This gap between ‘prescription’ and ‘practice’ represents both a competitive opportunity and threat for manufacturers. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1016/s0272-6963(97)00040-5 VL - 16 IS - 2-3 SP - 241-255 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032066374&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Process model of successful supplier integration into new product/process/service development AU - Ragatz, Gary L. AU - Handfield, Robert B. AU - Petersen, Kenneth J. AU - Monczka, Robert M. C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 3 SP - 1364-1366 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031637711&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - May you live in interesting times...the emergence of theory-driven empirical research AU - Melnyk, Steven A. AU - Handfield, Robert B. T2 - Journal of Operations Management AB - Journal of Operations ManagementVolume 16, Issue 4 p. 311-319 Preface May you live in interesting times…the emergence of theory-driven empirical research Steven A Melnyk, Steven A Melnyk The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USASearch for more papers by this authorRobert B Handfield, Robert B Handfield The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USASearch for more papers by this author Steven A Melnyk, Steven A Melnyk The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USASearch for more papers by this authorRobert B Handfield, Robert B Handfield The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 November 1998 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00027-8Citations: 52 Corresponding author. 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Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume16, Issue4July 1998Pages 311-319 RelatedInformation DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00027-8 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 311-319 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032116183&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Literature review of Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing AU - Curkovic, Sime AU - Handfield, Rob AU - Melnyk, Steve AU - Sroufe, Rob C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 1 SP - 33-35 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031646174&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Green supply chain: Integrating suppliers into environmental management processes AU - Walton, Steve V. AU - Handfield, Robert B. AU - Melnyk, Steven A. C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 3 SP - 1114-1116 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031629406&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Enhancing the firm’s performance through quality and supply base management: An empirical study AU - Tan, K.C. AU - Handfield, R.B. AU - Krause, D.R. T2 - International Journal of Production Research AB - Over the past ten years, both total quality management and supply base management have become significant strategic tools for firms that are striving to achieve competitive success. This study examines firms' operational quality approaches, supplier evaluation practices, and supply base management activities, and relates these strategic initiatives to firm performance. Hypotheses were tested through the use of bivariate correlation, factor analysis and multiple regression analysis of survey data from a cross-industry sample of quality directors and vice presidents in US firms. While many strategic quality approaches and supply base management tools are positively correlated with firm performance, our results show that quality management and supply base management techniques and tools must be implemented conjointly to achieve superior financial and business performance. The implication is that managers must seek to integrate the activities of quality assurance with those of purchasing and materials management. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1080/002075498192490 VL - 36 IS - 10 SP - 2813-2837 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032188660&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Enhancing firm's performance through quality and supply base management: An empirical study AU - Tan, Keah Choon AU - Handfield, Robert B. AU - Krause, Daniel R. C2 - 1998/// C3 - Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute DA - 1998/// VL - 3 SP - 1659-1661 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031629431&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - An empirical investigation of supplier development: Reactive and strategic processes AU - Krause, D.R. AU - Handfield, R.B. AU - Scannell, T.V. T2 - Journal of Operations Management AB - Abstract As firms continue to focus on core competencies and outsource non‐core products and services to external suppliers, supply chain management is increasingly viewed as a source of competitive advantage. However, if the supply chain is to be a source of competitive advantage, suppliers' performance must be managed and developed to meet the needs of the buying firm. In an exploratory study based on data collected from 84 companies, the authors develop a process model for supplier development. Using this process model as a framework, the authors then compare two approaches buying firms use in supplier development: (1) reactive efforts to increase the performance of laggard suppliers, and (2) strategic efforts to increase the capabilities of the supply base to enhance the buying firm's long‐term competitive advantage. Strategic efforts were found to significantly increase the buying company's involvement in suppliers' processes, and required greater dedication of resources, personnel and communication. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00030-8 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 39-58 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032295038&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - A framework for successful partnerships between industry and academia AU - Schenk, K. D. AU - Pick, J. B. T2 - Journal of Computer Information Systems DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// VL - 39 IS - 1 SP - 65-71 ER - TY - BOOK TI - Investments: Analysis and management AU - Jones, C. P. CN - HG4521 .J663 1998 DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// PB - New York: John Wiley & Sons SN - 0471169595 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Competitive priorities in operations management AU - Ward, PT AU - McCreery, JK AU - Ritzman, LP AU - Sharma, D T2 - DECISION SCIENCES AB - ABSTRACT Identifying manufacturers' competitive priorities has long been considered a key element in manufacturing strategy research. However, relatively little effort has been devoted to measurement of these constructs in published research. In this study we develop scales for commonly accepted competitive priorities, cost importance, quality importance, delivery‐time importance, and flexibility importance. We assess how well the scales capture the constructs that they represent using data collected from 114 manufacturing plants in the United States. The findings suggest that the instrument developed can provide reliable data and that the constructs measured are valid. In addition, comparisons between pairs of informants representing the same business indicate that the perceptual measures of competitive priorities are as reliable as point estimates of routine, seemingly objective information. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1998.tb00886.x VL - 29 IS - 4 SP - 1035-1046 SN - 0011-7315 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The roles of price, performance, and expectations in determining satisfaction in service exchanges AU - Voss, GB AU - Parasuraman, A AU - Grewal, D T2 - JOURNAL OF MARKETING AB - In this article, the authors examine the roles that price, performance, and expectations play in determining satisfaction in a discrete service exchange. The authors maintain that the price fluctuations common to the many service industries that implement demand-oriented pricing, combined with the inherent heterogeneity of service performance, likely result in price–performance combinations that vary widely. Furthermore, the authors propose that the level of price–performance consistency in a service exchange moderates the relationship between performance expectations and subsequent performance and satisfaction judgments. When price and performance are consistent, expectations have an assimilation effect on performance and satisfaction judgments; when price and performance are inconsistent, expectations have no effect on performance and satisfaction judgments. To examine these issues, the authors develop a contingency model that they estimate using data from a multimedia experimental design. The results generally support the contingency framework and provide empirical support for normative guidelines that call for creating realistic performance expectations and offering money-back service guarantees. DA - 1998/10// PY - 1998/10// DO - 10.2307/1252286 VL - 62 IS - 4 SP - 46-61 SN - 1547-7185 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Asset allocation decisions: Making the choice between stocks and bonds AU - Jones, C. P. AU - Wilson, J. W. T2 - Journal of Investing AB - Given renewed interest in bonds, this article considers asset allocation decisions in the context of realized returns for bonds and stocks. The study is based on new and improved data on bond returns covering long periods of time as well as calculations of the probabilities associated with stock bond returns. An analysis of these probabilities using inflation-adjusted returns suggests that the probability of earning sizable compound rates of return with bonds is not only small, but also declines over time. Therefore, despite recent strong performance by bonds, our results suggest investors should be cautious in making asset allocation decisions. DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// DO - 10.3905/joi.1999.319385 IS - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Innovation management: Strategies, implementation, and profits AU - Montoya-Weiss, M. T2 - Journal of Product Innovation Management DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 578-580 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Assessing the accuracy of manufacturing cost systems using operations-based segments AU - Bozarth, C. AU - Edwards, S. T2 - Production and Inventory Management Journal DA - 1998/// PY - 1998/// IS - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Managerial compensation and the threat of takeover AU - Agrawal, A AU - Knoeber, CR T2 - JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS AB - A greater threat of takeover has two opposing effects on managerial compensation. The competition effect in the market for managers reduces compensation. The risk effect increases compensation by making managers' implicitly deferred compensation and firm-specific human capital less secure. Using a sample of about 450 large firms, we find that an increase in the threat of takeover from the first to the third quartile reduces a typical CEO's salary and bonus by $22,800–211,600 due to the competition effect, but raises salary and bonus by $41,500–255,300 due to the risk effect. The net effect is an increase of $18,700–43,700. DA - 1998/2// PY - 1998/2// DO - 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)00044-5 VL - 47 IS - 2 SP - 219-239 SN - 0304-405X KW - managerial compensation KW - takeovers KW - compensation contracting ER -