Contextual prerequisites for the application of ILS principles to the building services industry

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. John ◽  
D.J. Clements‐Croome ◽  
V. Fairey ◽  
H.M. Loy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Team Collaboration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Services Industry ◽  
Logistic Support ◽  
Tools And Techniques

PurposeThis paper proposes assessing the context within which integrated logistic support (ILS) can be implemented for whole life performance of building services systems.Design/methodology/approachThe use of ILS within a through‐life business model (TLBM) is a better framework to achieve a well‐designed, constructed and managed product. However, for ILS to be implemented in a TLBM for building services systems, the practices, tools and techniques need certain contextual prerequisites tailored to suit the construction industry. These contextual prerequisites are discussed.FindingsThe case studies conducted reinforced the contextual importance of prime contracting, partnering and team collaboration for the application of ILS techniques. The lack of data was a major hindrance to the full realisation of ILS techniques within the case studies.Originality/valueThe paper concludes with the recognition of the value of these contextual prerequisites for the use of ILS techniques within the building industry.

Improving your business posture

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Business model innovation can be a key facet to gaining a competitive advantage and subsequent success of any organization. This is investigated in this paper through French manufacturing SMEs with a turnover of less than €50m. Originality/value The paper saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent, information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Antecedents and benefits of obtaining preferred customer status

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Bemelmans ◽  
Hans Voordijk ◽  
Bart Vos ◽  
Geert Dewulf
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore both the antecedents and the impact of a buying company having preferred customer status. Specific attention is paid to an, until now, unexplored antecedent: the buyer’s maturity as perceived by the supplier. In terms of impact, the focus is on the link between obtaining preferred customer status from a specific supplier and the buyer’s satisfaction with its collaboration with that supplier. Design/methodology/approach – Two case studies in the Dutch construction industry were conducted and, in each case, representatives of three companies were interviewed: one supplier plus two of its customers, one of them having a preferred status. As such, a total of four dyadic matched-pair inter-organizational relationships have been investigated. Findings – First, it is beneficial for buying companies to obtain preferred customer status at their suppliers, since this will have a positive impact on the buying company’s satisfaction with the collaboration. Second, if buying companies aim to obtain preferred customer status at their suppliers it is important that they are perceived as mature in managing supplier relationships. Practical implications – Although buying companies and suppliers often both want to increase their mutual business, there can be many factors that impede this. The framework presented in this research can help companies overcoming these impediments. Originality/value – This is the first study exploring the impact of being a preferred customer on the buyer-supplier relationship in the construction industry.

Getting “freemium” business model right

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Generic Strategy ◽  
Model Execution ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The article describes the generic strategy and the key strategic choices that enable and support successful freemium business model execution in an online digital business. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

IKEA's attempts to smoothly achieve corporate sustainability consistency

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Change Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper addresses retailer IKEA's strategic challenges surrounding corporate sustainability activity and branding across their diverse markets. The employee respondents' sustainability perceptions of IKEA included its organizational personality, the presence of competing forces in-store, and IKEA leading by example as a sustainability enabler. Varying perceptions on sustainability caused uncertainty and instability in IKEA's business model; for example, some store managers felt uncomfortable funneling sustainable messaging onto in-store customers. Therefore individual manager approaches to sustainability are a key driver in IKEA's sustainable delivery. Three change implementation phases were identified in an attempt to remedy these location-based inconsistencies. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Innovative business ecosystems

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
The Ideal

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Ecosystems are fast becoming the ideal business model in order to deal with the increasingly complex and unstable global marketplace. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals How a nimble company switches business model

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Strategic Agility ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The findings suggest a partial fit of the existing strategic agility framework for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Two of the proposed meta-capabilities (leadership unity and resource fluidity) seem inherent to SMEs because they apply easily to this context, although they need to be downscaled. One meta-capability (strategic sensitivity) is less natural and therefore more critical for an SME. An additional meta-capability (resourcefulness) arises as very important for SMEs to be able to overcome some of their size-caused limitations. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Application of business model innovation for new enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-524
Author(s):  
Bijaya Kumar Panda
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Constant Addition

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the details of new age digital business using a freemium business model. Design/methodology/approach Study of the various prospects of various digital business firms like revenues, customer base, share price, ranks. Uses of freemium business model to hold on to existing customers and attract new customers. Findings Innovative service or product offerings and growth strategy is the base of this business model. So businesses must assess innovation strategy before deciding whether to opt the freemium business model or not. Retaining the existing user and constant addition of new users are the founding stone of the freemium business model. So, the value offerings have to be well perceived by the customer so that switching costs will be increased for them and the customer will remain loyal. Originality/value Analyzing consumer behavior with recent analytical tools and techniques such as web analytics, bigdata analytics are required in order to get deeper market knowledge. It is crucial to get the knowledge of recent trends of markets, the perception of customer and customer’s journey mapping in order to run a business with freemium model.

Criminal business model and the governance of seized and confiscated businesses

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-60
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Faldetta ◽  
Carmelo Provenzano
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Criminal Organizations ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to analyze what happens to a business model when the governance of the focal organization changes, particularly when it has to re-shape its transactional network. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews literature on governance structure of criminal organizations and uses two case studies to show two different approaches in re-shaping the business transactional network after the seizure from Mafia organization. Findings The paper finds three different approaches about governance structure in criminal organizations and describes what happens to a business model when the governance of the focal organization changes as is the case of the seizure and confiscation of Mafia businesses. The paper shows that when a judicial administrator is able to effectively build a new transactional network, the business he manages can survive and can also give good performance. Research limitations/implications The paper provides two business cases, but this is not enough to give empirical evidence; this could be provided through other case studies or through quantitative methods using surveys or data provided by the Italian courts. Practical implications The paper has some potential managerial implications, in particular for the judicial administrator. He should encourage the construction of a new transactional network, first analyzing the existing network, going deeply into the content and the motivators of the relationships with the stakeholders, and deciding if such relationships can be re-formulated or must be left. Originality/value The originality of the paper is that it analyzes criminal organizations using well-known approaches, applying them to the case of seized and confiscated business.

Closing the change management gap

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Sustainable Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Strategy

Purpose Change has always been hard. But now, change is becoming a constant. Defining change – identifying the new strategy, business model or process the organization needs to retain market share – is difficult enough. Leading the organization through change is even harder. The purpose of this paper is to use a combination of survey and case studies to measure organizations’ change maturity and provide guidance on how organizations can move from check-the-box approaches to ones that drive behavioral shifts. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the combination of a broadcast survey and series of best practice case studies. Findings And while organizations have made strides in committing resources and planning for change, they continue to struggle with long-term, sustainable change. But what really creates sustainable change? Sustainable change means moving beyond “check-the-box” efforts – focused on the execution of communication plans and project milestones. Instead, organizations should bolster their efforts with a focus on leading, not just communicating, the change and engaging staff cooperatively to drive new behaviors. Originality/value This paper focuses on best practices that do more than require check-the-box adherence to a series of change activities and methodologies.

Claim management office maturity model (CMOMM) in project-oriented organizations in the construction industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Parchamijalal ◽  
Saeed Moradi ◽  
Mohsen Zabihi Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
General Structure ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Research ◽  
And Control ◽  
Basic Level

PurposeClaim formation is a fact and a regular occurrence in construction industry projects and often leads to a waste of money and time for organizations. Organizations can, however, reduce and control claims by promoting an integrated claim management system and improving productivity in the results of the claims. Establishing a claim management office is one of the ways to help organizations achieve this.Design/methodology/approachBased on library research, expert opinion and analysis of organizations' contracts as case studies and identifying the root causes of the claim, this paper proposes a claim management office maturity model and determines its levels.FindingsThis paper proposes a claim management office maturity model and also determines its levels. The general structure of this model is based on three parameters: “characteristics of each level,” “requirements of each level” and “transition period of each level” in five levels, where the first level is the most basic level and level five is the highest level of the implementation of a claim management office in the organization.Originality/valueIt can be clearly emphasized that this research is one of the first research studies that has dealt with the issue of claim management office in the construction industry and has proposed the model of maturity and development of claim management office in the organization. The use of numerous and experienced experts in achieving the results and case organizations to develop this research has increased the value and credibility of this research. This study also helps to improve the level of claim management in construction industry organizations so that these organizations can implement each level of claim management maturity model in the organization according to their competence and need for claim management. And by implementing it correctly, solve or reduce the problems of claim management in the organization and their projects.

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