This study offers a detailed case study of how Toyota facilitates interorganizational knowledge transfers among within its production network. In particular, we identiify and examine six key institutionalized knowledge sharing routines developed by Toyota and its suppliers. By examining how…

A literature analysis of 158 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals indexed by the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge from 1994 to 2013 showed that CO2C emission was significantly lower in free water surface (FWS) constructed wetlands (CW) than in…

O estudo tem como propósito analisar as representações de agricultoras, esposas de assentados, em relação à organização espacial na conformação do Assentamento Mato Grande, em Corumbá, MS. O assentamento rural foi criado em 1988, e foram assentadas 50 famílias, sendo…

Melipona marginata is an endangered species of stingless bee from Brazil that produces honey with particular physicochemical features and a remarkable exotic flavor. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report devoted to exploring the medicinal potential…

Most studies on Japanese supplier-automaker relationships have focused on the nature of
the dyadic inter-firm relationship and the performance of the assembler. We examine the
relationship between a Japanese supplier's "customer scope strategy" (i.e. number of
customers) and the supplier's…

Most neural network learning algorithms cannot use knowledge other than what is provided in the training data. Initialized using random weights, they cannot use prior knowledge such as knowledge stored in previously trained networks. This manuscript thesis addresses this problem.…

Peering and transit are two types of Internet interconnection among ISPs.
Peering has been a core concept to sustain Internet industry. However, for the
past several years, many ISPs broke their peering arrangement because of
asymmetric traffic pattern and asymmetric…

This paper demonstrates the importance of knowledge for effective
management of outsourcing. Drawing on an empirical study on automakers?
management of supplier involvement in product development in Japan, this paper shows
that the level of own knowledge is critical for…

This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary
debates over the role of the corporation in American society by building a stakeholder
theory of the firm. We develop a set of normative premises and positivist propositions
derived…

Honda of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of lean
production to its suppliers. The centerpiece of these efforts is a program called BP (for "Best process",
"Best Performance", "Bs Practice"), in which a crossfunctional team…