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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Hadi Hussain, Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, Laszlo Vasa, Zahid Yousaf, Mohamed Haffar
Summary: High-performance work systems (HPWS) provide the foundation for strategic business performance (SBP) through the mediating function of organizational flexibility, and are the only component aiding manufacturing firms' growth. If organizational flexibility does not mediate the relationship between HPWS and SBP, it will take a long time to achieve SBP.
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Business
Melike Sarah Gueler, Sabrina Schneider
Summary: Business ecosystems play a crucial role in driving a company's success, where a balance between cooperation and competition is essential. The value of an input in ecosystems is determined by its contribution to the value proposition, scarcity, complementarity, and the provider's reputation. This study extends the resource-based view to ecosystems and contributes to the management of business ecosystems literature.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Marta Perez-Perez, Ana-Maria Serrano-Bedia, Maria-Concepcion Lopez-Fernandez
Summary: The study found that manufacturing flexibility is a dual-dimensional concept composed of internal and external manufacturing flexibility capabilities, which are complementary and hierarchical in its development. Contrary to previous assumptions, internal flexibility does not always express its final competitive effect through external flexibility, which only partially mediates the relationship between internal flexibility and competitive advantage.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Paul W. Beamish, Dwarka Chakravarty
Summary: The resource-based view (RBV) has become a prominent theory in strategic management and is widely used in international business (IB) research. However, its application in research on multinational enterprises (MNEs) is limited due to the broader range of outcomes and explanatory variables relevant to MNEs, as well as the spatial, economic, and institutional barriers they face.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yongbo Sun, Hong Sun
Summary: The study found that executives' environmental awareness has a positive impact on eco-innovation, with resource flexibility playing a mediating role. Unabsorbed slack resources can weaken the effect of environmental awareness on eco-product innovation, but not on eco-management innovation.
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Information Science & Library Science
Sheshadri Chatterjee, Nripendra P. Rana, Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Summary: This article explores how organizations can improve their business value by acquiring business analytics capabilities, which in turn strengthen organizational performance. Through literature survey and statistical testing, it is found that data and tool acquisition are vital components in enhancing business value through improved organizational performance.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE
(2021)
Article
Business
Xuemei Xie, Yonghui Wu, Cristina Blanco-Gonzalez Tejerob
Summary: This article examines the impact of responsible innovation on firms' sustainable performance through the lens of business network resilience. The findings show that responsible innovation has a positive effect on sustainable performance, and business network resilience plays a mediating role in this relationship. Furthermore, absorptive capacity and social media adoption moderate the relationships between responsible innovation, business network resilience, and sustainable performance, as well as the mediating effect of business network resilience.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Management
Christopher J. Collins
Summary: The author discusses the impact of a high commitment human resource strategy on firm competitive advantage, pointing out two key aspects that prior research has overlooked. By introducing the concept of dynamic managerial capabilities, the author explains the importance of CEO managerial cognition, social capital, and human capital in developing an HCHR strategy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Michael D. Dzandu, Sylvester Hatsu, Sergio De Cesare
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of remote working on task innovativeness, organizational performance, and employees' continuance intention. The results showed that remote working strategy, information systems resource availability and capabilities have a positive effect on employees' task innovativeness, leading to improved organizational performance. Interviews with participants from Ghana and the UK provided insights into employees' intentions to continue remote work.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jianlin Zhou, Shulin Lan, Yi Liu, Tengda Rong, Donald Huisingh
Summary: This study explores the intelligent transformation of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises from the perspective of team cognition, finding that bricolage behavior plays a mediating role between cognitive complexity and flexibility, and intelligent transformation. These findings provide valuable suggestions for understanding how small and medium-sized manufacturing companies achieve intelligent transformation.
ADVANCED ENGINEERING INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Panagiotis Kafetzopoulos, Evangelos Psomas, Anastasia A. Katou
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive structural model to understand the outcomes of organizational ambidexterity (OA) within the manufacturing and service sector. The study's findings reveal the significant contributions of OA to both firm performance and strategic flexibility. Additionally, the results demonstrate the positive influence of strategic flexibility on business performance.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Jose Benitez, Laura Ruiz, Ales Popovic
Summary: This study examines the association between firms' usage of mobile technology and the execution of HR gamification initiatives, as well as its effect on employee job performance and financial performance. The results show that mobile technology-enabled HR gamification initiatives can improve job satisfaction and employee engagement, which in turn improve job performance and create business value.
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Francesco Lupi, Mario G. C. A. Cimino, Tomaz Berlec, Federico A. Galatolo, Marko Corn, Nejc Rozman, Andrea Rossi, Michele Lanzetta
Summary: Today's globalized markets require resilient and agile manufacturing systems with customized and virtualized features. Classical self-standing manufacturing systems are evolving into collaborative networks such as Cloud Manufacturing or Shared Manufacturing as solutions to ensure business continuity. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a promising technology for innovative production models in Industry 4.0, and this paper proposes a mechanism for sharing workload and resources using AM technology to increase adaptivity. The use of smart contracts and blockchain technology provides decentralized, transparent, and trusted operation in these systems, increasing resilience to disruptive factors.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Freyr Halldorsson, Kari Kristinsson, Svala Gudmundsdottir, Lilja Hardardottir
Summary: The study found that implementing activity-based work environments can negatively affect employee privacy and psychological ownership, but employee attitude towards this work environment may act as a moderating factor.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mahir Pradana, Anita Silvianita, Syarifuddin Syarifuddin, Renaldi Renaldi
Summary: Digital technologies have become a critical factor for innovation in the business environment, allowing organizations to enhance performance through the utilization of digitized data. However, the impact of digitalization on organizational culture, and ultimately on performance, is not well-researched. This study examines the relationship between digital organizational culture, digital strategy, and performance in state-owned companies in Indonesia.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
O. Nikan, A. Golbabai, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, T. Nikazad
Summary: The paper proposes a novel numerical method, the RBF-FD, to approximate the time-fractional cable model involving two fractional temporal derivatives. The method combines time discretization using the Grunwald-Letnikov expansion and spatial discretization using the RBF-FD. The proposed method is efficient and the numerical results confirm the theoretical formulation.
ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Fakhrodin Mohammadi, Leila Moradi, Jose Antonio Tenreiro Machado
Summary: This study develops an efficient numerical method for solving optimal control problems governed by fractional Volterra integro-differential equations, which has advantages in terms of computational cost and complexity.
JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Waleed M. Abd-Elhameed, Jose A. Tenreiro Machado, Youssri H. Youssri
Summary: This paper introduces an explicit formula for approximating the fractional derivatives of Chebyshev polynomials of the first-kind in the Caputo sense. It is applied to a spectral solution of a certain type of fractional delay differential equations using an explicit Chebyshev tau method. The efficiency and accuracy of the proposed algorithm are demonstrated through numerical results.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR SCIENCES AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Zahra Sadat Aghayan, Alireza Alfi, J. A. Tenreiro Machado
Summary: In this article, the delay-dependent robust stability of uncertain fractional order neutral-type systems with distributed delays, nonlinear perturbations, and input saturation is addressed. Using the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, criteria on asymptotic robust stability of the systems, expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities, are constructed to compute the state-feedback controller gains. The controller gains are determined through the cone complementarity linearization algorithm to maximize the domain of attraction. Numerical simulations are conducted to validate the theoretical results.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR SCIENCES AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
(2023)
Article
Economics
Jose Andrade, Mario Franco, Luis Mendes
Summary: This paper analyzes the characteristics of organizational ambidexterity in small- and medium-sized enterprises and proposes a theoretical model to explain the relationship. The unique approach contributes to a systematic understanding of these firms and provides important insights for innovation and future research.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
O. Nikan, Z. Avazzadeh, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, M. N. Rasoulizadeh
Summary: This paper presents an accurate localized meshfree collocation technique for solving the second-order two-dimensional telegraph model. The technique involves two steps: discretizing the time variable and discretizing the spatial variable. By decomposing the problem into multiple subdomains, the computational burden is reduced, resulting in a small condition number and limited computational cost.
ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
H. Hassani, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, E. Naraghirad, Z. Avazzadeh
Summary: This paper introduces a general class of nonlinear system of fractional partial differential equations with initial and boundary conditions. A hybrid method based on the transcendental Bernstein series and the generalized shifted Chebyshev polynomials is proposed for finding the optimal solution of the nonlinear system of fractional partial differential equations. The solution of the nonlinear system of fractional partial differential equations is expanded in terms of the transcendental Bernstein series and the generalized shifted Chebyshev polynomials, as basis functions with unknown free coefficients and control parameters. The corresponding operational matrices of fractional derivatives are then derived for the basis functions. These basis functions, with their operational matrices of fractional order derivatives and the Lagrange multipliers, transform the problem into a nonlinear system of algebraic equations. By means of Darbo's fixed point theorem and Banach contraction principle, an existence result and a unique result for the solution of the nonlinear system of fractional partial differential equations are obtained, respectively. The convergence analysis is discussed and several illustrative experiments illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.
ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
H. Hassani, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Z. Avazzadeh, E. Naraghirad, S. Mehrabi
Summary: This paper proposes a nonlinear smoking model using fractional-order differential equations. The model is formulated based on the fractional Caputo derivative and an optimization method using generalized shifted Legendre polynomials is utilized to solve the model. The convergence analysis is proved and the applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated through several examples.
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
(2022)
Article
Mathematics
Jocemar Q. Chagas, Jose A. Tenreiro Machado, Antonio M. Lopes
Summary: The main contribution of this paper is the proposal of a closed expression for the Ramanujan constant of alternating series based on the Euler-Boole summation formula. It also highlights the unique choice for the parameter a in Hardy's formula for a series of positive terms to obtain a Ramanujan constant that agrees with other summation methods for divergent series. The paper further derives a closed-formula for the Ramanujan constant of a series with the chosen parameter, under a natural interpretation of the integral term in the Euler-Maclaurin summation formula. Several examples of the Ramanujan constant of divergent series are presented.
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Juan P. Ugarte, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Catalina Tobon
Summary: This study characterizes rotors using a fractional generalization of the entropy concept and investigates the dynamics of atrial fibrillation propagation in computational models. The results demonstrate that the fractional entropy approach provides a better spatio-temporal characterization of rotor dynamics than conventional entropy analysis under various simulated fibrillation conditions.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Mathematics
Antonio M. Lopes, J. A. Tenreiro Machado
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Zakieh Avazzadeh, Omid Nikan, Jose Tenreiro Machado, Mohammad Navaz Rasoulizadeh
Summary: This paper proposes a local meshless radial basis function method to solve the two-dimensional time-fractional Sobolev equation. The method approximates the spatial operator using RBF and uses a finite-difference algorithm for time stepping. The stability of the technique is examined using the matrix method, and numerical examples are provided to verify the method's performance and efficiency.
ADVANCES IN CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE MODELS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Manuel Duarte Ortigueira, J. A. Tenreiro Machado
Summary: Two different approaches for describing discrete-time fractional linear systems are presented, one based on discrete derivatives and the other on bilinear transformations. Algorithms for obtaining impulse, step, and frequency responses are provided, along with analysis of state-variable representation.
IEEE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS MAGAZINE
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Liping Chen, Xiaobo Wu, Jose A. Tenreiro Machado, Antonio M. Lopes, Penghua Li, Xueping Dong
Summary: This paper presents a SOC estimation method based on fractional-order square-root unscented Kalman filter (FSR-UKF), and the effectiveness of the algorithm is proven through experiments.
FRACTAL AND FRACTIONAL
(2022)
Article
Management
Carla Casteleiro, Luis Mendes
Summary: The study found that employees with a leadership role in IPSSs with an ISO 9001-based QMS have a significantly greater perception of empowerment compared to those in IPSSs without a QMS; although these differences are not statistically significant, they are still noteworthy.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
(2022)
