Working Papers on Operations Management - Vol. 15 (2024)
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- Integrating the SDG into university teaching: an application in human resources subjets
- Lean Management a Co-occurence Analysis
- Inventory Optimization of Deteriorating Items: A Comprehensive Review of Carbon-Control Policies and Their Impact on Shelf Life, Greening Effects, and Rework Policies
- Factors influencing nurse satisfaction with Automated Medication Dispensing Cabinets
- Protocol: Systematic literature review on innovation competence in the service innovation process focused on patient experience
- Towards sustainable business: Leading change from the bottom-up
- Can sustainable supply chain strategies of company enhance for mitigation of risk damages and long-term resilience? An empirical analysis for the context of COVID-19 pandemic
- Psychosocial factors related to the increasing automation of work processes: A systematic review
- Analysis of institutional factors in the implementation of the action research methodology: lessons learned in a case study
- Protocol paper: From Chaos to Order. Augmenting Manual Article Screening with Sentence Transformers in Management Systematic Reviews
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- PublicationTowards sustainable business: Leading change from the bottom-up(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04) Esteban Amaro, Rosa Inés; Estellés Miguel, Sofía; Lengua, Ismael; Departamento de Organización de Empresas; Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas; Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento; Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño Industrial; Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática; Grupo de Cluster Innovación[EN] The principles of sustainability and circularity are gaining ground in business, driven by market uncertainty and instability. Although many policies and strategies promote the circular economy from the top-down, there are few tools to help businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, overcome the challenges that hinder its implementation from the bottom-up. This article provides a structured bottom-up framework to accelerate the adoption of initiatives to achieve sustainable goals while transitioning to circularity. It adopts a conceptual framework development using a representation of the circular economy - the funnel metaphor - as a 'method' for exploring sustainability and circularity initiatives. The article categorises specific patterns in which initiatives can support the transition from traditional linear approaches to production and consumption to a more circular approach. By adopting a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach, this framework introduces a novel way of characterising sustainable and circular initiatives that allows for minimising rebound effects and balancing trade-offs. As a result, companies can better articulate their actions to future-proof their operations and mitigate unsustainable impacts in a context of resource constraints.
- PublicationProtocol paper: From Chaos to Order. Augmenting Manual Article Screening with Sentence Transformers in Management Systematic Reviews(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04) Marín García, Juan Antonio; Martinez-Tomas, Juan; Juárez Tárraga, Amable; Santandreu Mascarell, Cristina; Departamento de Organización de Empresas; Facultad de Administración y Dirección de Empresas; Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial; Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia; Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras; Grupo de Investigación en Reingeniería, Organización, trabajo en Grupo y Logística Empresarial - ROGLE[EN] A spanish version of the article is provided (see section before Acknowledgements) As scientific output grows, systematic reviews have become essential yet increasingly challenging. Our approach to this protocol aims to make this process more effective, efficient and accessible to researchers worldwide, including those in developing countries. We developed a tool to complement human judgment in the screening phase using pre-trained language models and natural language processing techniques. This tool generates text embeddings and calculates semantic similarities, prioritizing potentially relevant articles. The goal is to utilise the similarity ranking instead of reviewing articles randomly or following the relevance sort option of search engines like WOS or Scopus. Coders can start with those closest to the category/categories of interest and progressively move towards the more distant ones. This approach would save time and effort while reducing the fatigue and biases of the coders. The models we have tested in this research are all-MiniLM-L6-v2, all-distilroberta-v1, all-mpnet-base-v2, paraphrase-multilingual-mpnet-base-v2, distiluse-base-multilingual-cased-v1, all-MiniLM-L12-v2, allenai-specter, allenai/scibert_scivocab_uncased, distilbert-base-nli-mean-tokens, roberta-base-nli-stsb-mean-tokens, distiluse-base-multilingual-cased-v2, paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2, stsb-roberta-large, bert-base-nli-mean-tokens. The method was implemented using limited computational resources and open-source software, ensuring accessibility for research teams with restricted economic resources. Results indicate a possible reduction in screening time and improved consistency in article selection. The tool demonstrated utility in classifying relevant studies and would facilitate more comprehensive reviews. By providing a low-cost solution, we aim to level the playing field in global research, enabling researchers from diverse economic backgrounds to participate more fully in producing scientific knowledge.
- PublicationAnalysis of institutional factors in the implementation of the action research methodology: lessons learned in a case study(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04) Clouet, María Eugenia; Alfaro-Tanco, José A.[EN] The growing need for academic research to generate a tangible social impact has increased the relevance of collaborative methodologies. Among them, the "Action Research" method stands out for its application in the field of business organization. This is especially relevant in the field of Operations Management as it involves close collaboration with organizations.This study aims to examine the key institutional factors that influence the success of the implementation of the "Action Research" methodology in the business context. Through a case study, two main contributions are made to the "Action Research" literature. First, six key institutional factors are identified to consider in the implementation of an Action Research project: external and internal environment, leadership, strategy, communication, and organizational resources and capabilities. Second, the analysis provides a series of lessons learned that cover the influence of aspects related to company's environment; alignment of objectives; participation of employees; clear definition of roles; training; adaptation and support of work team member; an adequate technological infrastructure; how to promote the participation of external agents; and the influence of communication channels.The identification and analysis of these factors and the lessons learned serve as a reference framework for researchers who are considering carrying out an "Action Research" project to transfer it to the company with which they are going to collaborate, and thus determine if the right conditions are in place to carry out the study.
- PublicationPsychosocial factors related to the increasing automation of work processes: A systematic review(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04) Martinez-Balderrama, Raul; Rodriguez-Urrea, Marcela Deyanira; García-Vázquez, Juan Pablo; Mendoza-Muñoz, Ismael; Jacobo-Galicia, Gabriela[EN] Purpose: To identify which psychosocial factors can be related to the increasing automation of work processes, determining practical implications relevant to the evaluation of psychosocial risk factors at work within organizations before the imminent transition towards industry 4.0 Design/methodology/approach: A systematic review of the literature was carried out. The review structure was based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) approach for the studies selection and the Noblit and Hare's meta-ethnographic approach for data analysis and synthesis. Findings: Thirty-five studies were selected which passed all the selection stages. Six psychosocial risk factors were detected whose behaviors may be influenced by the increasing automation of work. Evidence suggests that the factors of development possibility, change management, mental load, routine content, and job insecurity may increase their exposure due to job modifications owing to new automation technologies. On the other hand, social relationships at work have the ability to positively influence the successful implementation of new automated processes. Originality/value: The results obtained represent excellent indications of an overview of psychosocial risk factors that may increase their danger due to the increasing automation of work processes and Industry 4.0.
- PublicationCan sustainable supply chain strategies of company enhance for mitigation of risk damages and long-term resilience? An empirical analysis for the context of COVID-19 pandemic(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04) Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Hoa; Khuu, Thi Phuong Dong; Hung, Nguyen Quoc; Canh, Nguyen Minh[EN] This study aims to investigate the effects of sustainable supply chain management strategies of the companies on mitigation of risk damages and long-term resilience through the evaluation of stock abnormal returns of companies listed on the stock markets based on the evidence from the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical analysis was conducted for 63 companies listed on Vietnamese stock market, where plays as an example for emerging stock markets. The data were collected from the quarterly official financial statements of 63 companies between January 2020 and March 2023. Various regression models, including Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed Effects Model, Random Effects Model, and Generalized Least Squares were explored. Found results indicated that the implementing sustainable supply chain management strategies might help to mitigate the negative impact on stock price volatility during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has not been the critical tool to improve the companies resilience ability in post pandemic yet. JEL Codes: F65, F63, G11, G34, G38Codes of Sustainable Development Goals: SDG17, SDG12, SDG02