Multi-Plant Improvement Programmes: A Literature Review and Research Agenda
Multi-Plant Improvement Programmes: A Literature Review and Research Agenda
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多工厂改进计划：文献综述和研究议程
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2014
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Arild Aspelund
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Torbjørn H. Netland;Arild Aspelund
目的：为了提高网络中所有工厂的生产率，跨国公司开发和部署多工厂改进计划。在本文中，我们系统地回顾和综合了新兴的文献多厂改善计划。方法学：通过系统的人工搜索，我们检查了1998年至2011年期间运营管理，综合管理和国际商业文献的15种顶级期刊。结果：我们发现30篇论文专门涉及多工厂国际环境中的运营改进计划，其中只有9篇是从总部的角度出发的。这一数目之少与工业界此类方案的规模和重要性形成鲜明对比。我们讨论的关键尺寸，解释如何多工厂的改进方案的结果，在子公司的采用，适应，行动或避免的方案实践，并提出了相关的研究议程。研究意义：我们肯定，一个新的领域是在制作中，IJOPM作为领先的专业期刊。此外，还需要进行更多的实证研究，但必须在方法上特别注意在子公司中行事的现象。独创性：没有连贯的研究流已经解决了多工厂的改进方案。本文是一个重点审查，支持该领域的进一步发展。
Purpose: To advance the productivity of all plants in the network, multinational corporations develop and deploy multi-plant improvement programmes. In this paper, we systematically review and synthesise the emerging literature on multi-plant improvement programmes. Methodology: Through a systematic manual search, we examine fifteen top journals from operations management, general management and international business literature in the time span between 1998 and 2011.Findings: We found 30 papers that specifically deal with operational improvement programmes in a multi-plant international setting, of which only nine take a headquarter perspective. This low number contrasts sharply with the magnitude and importance of such programmes in industry. We discuss key dimensions that explain how multi-plant improvement programmes result in the adopting, adapting, acting or avoiding of programme practices in subsidiaries, and propose a related research agenda. Research implications: We affirm that a new field is in the making, with IJOPM as the leading professional journal. Further, more empirical research is called for, but particular methodological caution must be paid to the phenomenon of acting in subsidiaries. Originality: No coherent stream of research has addressed multi-plant improvement programmes. This paper represents a focused review that supports the further development of the field.