These three volumes build on Volumes One to Three, they consider more specific aspects of Operations Management, including technology, important issues arising from the global business perspective and key concepts relating to innovation, knowledge management and improving the operations system.

Papers are included on the following key areas:

Volume Four: Technology and Operations Management

Volume Five: International Operations, Networks and the Environmental Context

Volume Six: Innovation, Knowledge and Operations Improvement

Volume Four: Technology and Operations Management
PART ONE: STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Disruptive Technologies - Bower and Christensen
Catching the Wave
Technology and Corporate Governance - Lessons Learnt - Betz
Strategic Technology Management Issues in Japanese Manufacturing Industry - Granstrand, Sjoelander and Alange
PART TWO: TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING AND ROADMAPPING
A Review of Selected Recent Advances in Technological Forecasting - Martino
Technology Roadmapping - A Planning Framework for Evolution and Revolution - Phaal, Farrukh and Probert
PART THREE: TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Technology Assessment - Eijndhoven
Product or Process?
Technology Assessment and Technology Policy in Europe - Smits, Leyton and Den Hertog
New Concepts, New Goals, New Infrastructures
PART FOUR: TECHNOLOGY VALUATION
Traps, Pitfalls and Snares in the Valuation of Technology - Boer
A New Method for Technology Valuation in Monetary Value - Park
Procedure and Application
PART FIVE: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Adapting Manufacturing Process for International Transfer - Grant and Gregory
International Technology Transfer - Keller and Chinta
Strategies for Success
PART SIX: TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AND RISK
Managing International Technology Transfer Risk - Cannice, Chen and Daniels
A Case Analysis of U S High-Technology Firms in Asia
Patent Protection, Limitation and the Mode of Technology Transfer - Fosfuri
PART SEVEN: APPROPRIATE AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Designing for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries - Wicklein
The Globalization of Technology and Its Implications for Developing Countries - Archibugi and Pietrobelli
Windows of Opportunity or Further Burden?
PART EIGHT: ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Unlocking the Potential of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies - Boyer et al
Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Shepherd, McDermott and Stock
Does More Radicalness Mean More Perceived Benefits?
PART NINE: AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS
Automation and Organizational Performance - Wong and Ngin
The Case of Electronics Manufacturing Firms in Singapore
PART TEN: FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
The Diffusion of Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Japan, Europe and the United States - Mansfield
PART ELEVEN: RESPONSIVE PRODUCTION AND AGILE TECHNOLOGIES
Technology... The Enabler for Tomorrow¿s Agile Enterprise - Young
Market Responsive Manufacturing for the Automotive Supply Chain - Waller
PART TWELVE: SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES
Impact of Information Technology Management Practices on Customer Service - Karimi, Somers and Gupta
Volume Five: International Operations, Networks and the Environmental Context
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Made in the World - Ferdows
The Global Spread of Production
The Internationalization Process of the Firm - A Model of Knowledge Development and Increasing Foreign Market Commitments - Johanson and Vahlne
Barriers to the Management of International Operations - Klassen and Whybark
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY
Mapping International Factory Networks - Ferdows
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
Globalization and Supply Chain Networks - Humphrey
The Auto Industry in Brazil and India
The Multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network - Ghoshal and Bartlett
PART FOUR: TRADE THEORIES, TARIFFS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OPERATIONS DECISIONS
The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production - Dunning
A Restatement and Some Possible Extensions
Theories of International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Firm Internationalization - Morgan and Katsikeas
A Critique
PART FIVE: SME INTERNATIONALIZATION
Localized Capabilities and the Internationalization of Manufacturing Actvities by SMEs - Mariotti and Piscitello
PART SIX: CULTURAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Cultural Constraints in Management Theories - Hofstede
PART SEVEN: E-OPERATIONS
E-Business and Supply Chain Management - Johnson and Whang
An Overview and Framework
PART EIGHT: INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING
Vertical Technology Transfer via International Outsourcing - Pack and Saggi
Global Outsourcing and Its Managerial Implications - Chen and Lin
PART NINE: VIRTUAL NETWORKS
A Distributed Virtual Factory in Agile Manufacturing Environment - Fujii, Kaihara and Morita
PART TEN: DEVELOPING COUNTRY ISSUES
The Changing Pattern of Operations Management in Developing Countries - Fleury
The Case of Brazil
Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries - Tybout
How Well Do They Do and Why?
PART ELEVEN: GLOBAL PRODUCT DESIGN
Design for Global Manufacturing and Assembly - Taylor
PART TWELVE: GLOBAL R&D
Organization of Industrial R&D on a Global Scale - Gassmann and Von Zedtwitz
Global R&D Management - DeMeyer and Mizushima
PART THIRTEEN: CLUSTERS AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Supply Chains within Industrial Districts - Carbonara, Giannoccaro and Pontrandolfo
A Theoretical Framework
PART FOURTEEN: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Environmental Management and Its Impact of the Operations Function - Gupta
PART FIFTEEN: ETHICAL ISSUES
Ethical Issues in International Buyer-Supplier Relationships - Carter
A Dyadic Examination
Volume Six: Innovation, Knowledge and Operations Improvement
PART ONE: KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT
Absorptive Capacity - Cohen and Levinthal
A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation
Challenges Posed to Operations Management by the ¿New Economy¿ - Hayes
Transformative Capacity - Garud and Nayyar
Continual Structuring by Intertemporal Technology Transfer
PART TWO: CREATIVITY
In Search of Organizational Creativity - Haapasalo and Kess
The Role of Knowledge Management
PART THREE: OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT
The Importance-Performance Matrix as a Determinant of Improvement Priority - Slack
Benchmarking and Operational Performance - Voss, Ahlstrom and Blackmon
Some Empirical Results
Modelling and Benchmarking Business Processes - Hewitt, Robinson and Bennett
The Supply-Line Example
PART FOUR: DECISIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN OPERATIONS
Option-Based Management of Technology Investment Risk - Benaroch
PART FIVE: RE-ENGINEERING OPERATIONS
Re-Engineering - Davenport and Stoddard
Business Change of Mythic Proportions?
Operations Management and Re-Engineering - Loch
PART SIX: LEAN PRODUCTION AND LEAN THINKING
From Lean Production to the Lean Enterprise - Womack and Jones
Learning to Evolve - Hines, Holweg and Rich
A Review of Contemporary Lean Thinking
PART SEVEN: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Manufacturing Performance - Jayaram, Droge and Vickery
PART EIGHT: PRODUCT AND PROCESS INNOVATION
Discontinuous Innovation and the New Product Development Process - Veryzer
A Dynamic Model of Product and Process Innovation - Utterback and Abernathy
PART NINE: THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS
Theory of Constraints - Rahman
A Review of the Philosophy and Its Applications
PART TEN: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
Alternative Methods of Learning and Process Improvement in Manufacturing - Upton and Kim