This study explores the use of influence strategies and social mechanisms by the manufacturer to achieve supplier flexibility. Major components of marketing research of previous studies related to influence strategies and measures flexibility in the supply chain context are used. This empirical study utilized 300 survey samples from senior management at Small Medium Enterprises (SME)s. Results ...

Abstract Traditionally, data has been held in silos and was rarely shared with other organizations. However, recently sharing across organizations is becoming more important as evidenced by governmental industrial initiatives such the EU strategy. As a result, both academia industry have proposing new systems for databases, that allow multiple to collaboratively insert manage common database. Y...

As organizational leaders worry about the appalling low percentage of people who feel engaged in their work, academics are trying to understand what causes an increase in engagement. We collected survey data from 231 team members from two organizations. We examined the impact of team members' emotional intelligence (EI) and their perception of shared personal vision, shared positive mood, and p...