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Case study: evaluation of the automation of material handling with mobile robots

The automation of material handling is one of the solutions that many companies are relying on to reach their goals related to productivity increment, floor space optimization, higher standards for factory’s s...

Authors: Adriana F. Melo and Lindsay M. Corneal

Innovative Thermobalancing therapy and Dr Allen’s Device for the first time employ body energy to treat chronic prostatic diseases effectively

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are common chronic diseases. None of the available treatments are effective in the management of these diseas...

Authors: S. Allen

Convergence strategy and innovation capability of the classic art industry

Arts management is the field related to business operations of arts organizations, specifically production, fundraising, policy and administration, public relations, marketing, etc. The main characteristic of ...

Authors: Seongbae Lim, Hong-Hee Lee and Kyoung Claudio Jung

The interaction between standards development and economic growth of China

China has been participating in the international standards activities since the reform and opening up period. China’s standards action has not only brought about significant changes in the way of internationa...

Authors: Hao Zhang, Jiadong Jiang, Liwei Zheng and Xiangzhen Li

An analysis of passengers’ ride needs of urban rail transit services: application of quality function deployment

This study aims to suggest using the interpretation type of deployment of quality function deployment (QFD) as a methodology to understand the passengers’ needs when they situate in the train cars of urban rai...

Authors: Catherine Y. P. Chan, Kwai-Sang Chin, Candace Chan and Kwok L. Tsui

Planting and harvesting innovation - an analysis of Samsung Electronics

This study explores how firms manage the entire life cycle of innovation projects based on the framework of harvesting and planting innovation. While harvesting innovation seeks new products in the expectation...

Authors: Seung Hoon Jang, Sang M. Lee, Taewan Kim and Donghyun Choi

More is not always better—non-linear effects in crowdfunding

This research focuses on crowdfunding project features and its relation with the success of this project. The main purpose is to improve probability of success of crowdfunding projects. One can argue that “mor...

Authors: Thomas Niemand, Sascha Kraus, Martin Angerer, Ferdinand Thies and Alicia Mas-Tur

A life cycle model of major innovations in operations management

This paper analyses the means by which major innovations in the operations management (OM) practice develop. It describes the process as having a life cycle pattern that starts with a big idea. The big idea conce...

Authors: Attila Chikán and Linda G. Sprague

The quality management ecosystem for predictive maintenance in the Industry 4.0 era

The Industry 4.0 era requires new quality management systems due to the ever increasing complexity of the global business environment and the advent of advanced digital technologies. This study presents new id...

Authors: Sang M. Lee, DonHee Lee and Youn Sung Kim

Research on using Six Sigma management to improve bank customer satisfaction

In the banking industry, which aims to serve customers, management level and service level are one of the criteria for measuring the core competitiveness of banks. An important indicator of management and serv...

Authors: Zhiyi Zhuo

A value perspective of service interaction quality: the case of immigrants returning to native countries as medical tourists

Marketing literature shows that the interaction between service encounters and customers is essential for the value creation process. However, little is known about how interaction contributes to customer valu...

Authors: Pham Ngoc Thuy, Le Nguyen Hau and Nguyen Kim Ngoc Duyen

Managing the innovation legitimacy of the sharing economy

Sharing economy has become widespread globally as an innovative service business model. However, some of sharing economy’s socially irresponsible practices have led critics to challenge their legitimacy. Drawi...

Authors: Jiyoung Hwang

Strengthening information technology security through the failure modes and effects analysis approach

Proper protection of information systems is a major quality issue of organizational risk management. Risk management is a process whereby risk factors are identified and then virtually eliminated. Failure mode...

Authors: Arben Asllani, Alireza Lari and Nasim Lari

Medical tourism: focusing on patients’ prior, current, and post experience

This study empirically examines the effects of medical tourists’ experience of the decision-making process through a patient’s prior, actual, and post experience after having received the medical services. The...

Authors: Soonae Hwang, DonHee Lee and Chang-Yuil Kang

The missing link: toward an assessment of innovation capacity in health care organizations

The health care sector shows a disjunction between the well-understood necessity for change and the capacity to realize it. Conventional management strategies and traditional means of influencing professionals...

Authors: Pieter J. Kievit, Jeanette Oomes, Marianne Schoorl and Piet Bartels

Innovation: from small “i” to large “I”

Innovation is the lifeline for every organization. The primary purpose of innovation is to apply new ideas or technologies to create new or added value for the organization. This narrow goal is for small “i”. ...

Authors: Sang M. Lee

Relations between open innovation and product quality: an empirical study of Japanese electronics firms

In late years, the concept of open innovation receives attention from industry and academic. This concept means that firms utilize resources outside for their R&D beyond their boundaries. Behind this backgroun...

Authors: Takeshi Ishikawa and Hideo Suzuki

The effect of externalities on adoption of social customer relationship management (SCRM)

The rise of social media technology has led to new customer relationship management tools that engage customers more easily and directly (social customer relationship management, SCRM). However, the usefulness...

Authors: Vicky Gu, Jonathan Davis, Ray Cao and John Vogt

Customer satisfaction of Vietnam Airline domestic service quality

The paper examines the relation between Vietnam Airline domestic service quality and customer satisfaction by gathering opinions from 402 passengers employing the Skytrax scale with some modification along wit...

Authors: Giao Ha Nam Khanh

Review of “DreamMakers: Innovating for the Greater Good” by Michele Hunt, DreamMakers (dreammakers.org)

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Authors: Sang Lee

Application of Policy Deployment and Daily Management in service sector

Policy Deployment and Daily Management are two critical vehicles of Total Quality Management implementation in a company. Integration of these two vehicles has been discussed and adequately addressed in a few ...

Authors: Anil Sachdev and Jitendra Agrawal

Improving quality of foreign direct investment attraction in Vietnam

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises are playing a key role in Vietnam’s economy. By the end of 2016, there are more than 21,398 FDI projects in force, with the total registered capital of nearly 293 bi...

Authors: Ngo Phuc Hanh, Đao Van Hùng, Nguyen Thac Hoat and Dao Thi Thu Trang

The impact of technological innovation on building a sustainable city

By 2050, the population living in major cities, especially in developing countries, will have increased twofold. With the increasing majority of the population occurring in urban areas, it is crucial to focus ...

Authors: Chai-Lee Goi

A complete project environment simulation to improve six sigma training class engagement

Most of the learners view statistical-related training, such as Six Sigma training as a “monotonous” area despite the group discussions, case studies, active summaries, Q&A sessions, and role-playing being inc...

Authors: Chee Kai NG

Implementing the Quality Startup Management System model in Hong Kong: a case study

The innovation and technology industries have become key areas to which the HKSAR Government is committed for advanced technology development and new economic driven. In order to nurture and support local tech...

Authors: Kim-Hung Lotto LAI

Developing an innovative entity extraction method for unstructured data

The main goal of this study is to build high-precision extractors for entities such as Person and Organization as a good initial seed that can be used for training and learning in machine-learning systems, for...

Authors: Waleed Zaghloul and Silvana Trimi

A blueprinting approach to service innovation in private educational institutions

This study proposes an efficient service delivery system using a blueprinting approach to service innovation in private educational institutions. This case study presents a flow chart based on administration b...

Authors: Youn Sung Kim, DonHee Lee and Ju hang Cha

Assessing healthcare service quality: a comparative study of patient treatment types

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of healthcare service quality (HEALTHQUAL) measurement items. First, the proposed measurement items for HEALTHQUAL were tested using data collected from a ho...

Authors: DonHee Lee and Kai K. Kim

The effect of technology-exploration on product innovation: an analysis based on Korean manufacturing SMEs

Today, fierce competition drives firms in their continual efforts to introduce products with a higher degree of novelty into the market. There is a growing need to understand important activities so as to achi...

Authors: Hojin Lee, Sangyoon Cha and Heejun Park

The effect of operational innovation and QM practices on organizational performance in the healthcare sector

This study examines the effects of operational innovation and quality management (QM) practices on organizational performance in healthcare organizations. More specifically, this study explores relationships o...

Authors: DonHee Lee

Erratum to: Customer service quality and benchmarking in public transport contracts

Authors: David A. Hensher

Diffusion of innovation: customer relationship management adoption in supply chain organizations

The successful diffusion of innovations in rapidly changing supply chain technological environments is essential to support operations and supply chain management functions. In this paper we conceptualize and ...

Authors: Vicky Ching Gu, Marc J Schniederjans and Qing Cao

Towards a theory-driven research agenda in six sigma quality innovation: linking research opportunities with organization theory typology

Implementations of Six Sigma quality innovation (SSQI) have resulted in performance benefits for several leading firms. While SSQI has its roots in the foundations of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 900...

Authors: Ram Narasimhan and Anand Nair

Customer service quality and benchmarking in public transport contracts

As contracting of public transport services increases in sophistication, there is a growing focus on an increasing number of key performance indicators that emphasis service quality. Although contracts won und...

Authors: David A Hensher

Co-creation of improved quality in disaster response and recovery

There is a compelling argument that the number and intensity of disasters are increasing and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The causes are already evident. They include global climate chang...

Authors: D Clay Whybark

Quality management and innovation: new insights on a structural contingency framework

With increasing market competition, organizations are striving for greater innovation in products and services. Quality management has the potential to invigorate an organization’s product, process and adminis...

Authors: Dara Schniederjans and Marc Schniederjans

The age of quality innovation

In this inaugural issue of International Journal of Quality Innovation, the Editor-in-Chief reports the evolution of quality management and the need for innovative research for creating new quality values.

Authors: Sang M Lee