Conference
22nd International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, 14-18 April 2013, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Items published
Conference paper
14 Apr 2013
Impressions about the quality and reliability of products can depend as much on perceptions concerning brand and country of origin (quality cues) as on the evidence of hard data regarding performance and failure (quality attributes). Although the distinction between quality cues and quality attributes is...
Conference paper
14 Apr 2013
This paper addresses an important gap in sustainability and technology management studies: the strategies for sustainable operations. Based on analysis of cases from automotive, textile, chemical, and food processing industries, the authors discuss the responses companies take to environmental and social pressures when aiming at...