14th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium

Configuring manufacturing value chains - Responding to an uncertain world
24 - 25 September 2009 at the Møller Centre, Cambridge

Proceedings

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Table of Contents

Emerging Economies

1. A roadmap for the creation of new multinationals
   Andre Leme Fleury and Afonso Fleury, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
2. Foreign acquisitions by Indian multinational enterprises: a test of the eclectic paradigm
   Peter J Buckley, Nicolas Forsans and Surender Munjal, Leeds University Business School, UK
3. FDI spillovers and the foreign entry speed: a study of Chinese manufacturing firms
   Peter J Buckley, Jeremy Clegg and Yi (Elizabeth) Wang, University of Leeds, and Chengqi Wang, Nottingham University Business School, UK

Operational Excellence

4. Developing a refined model for purchasing and supply system transformation: benefiting from organizational change theories in purchasing development models
   Leila Sadat Alinaghian and Mohammad Aghdasi, Tarbiat Modares University and Kamran Razmdoost, Namvaran Consulting Engineering Company, Iran
5. Supply chain offshoring of Japanese car industries in China and evaluation of its driving factors by logit analysis
   Hiroshi Katayama, Hisashi Isahaya and Reakook Hwang, Waseda University, Japan
6. Adoption of global operations strategy: a resource-based view perspective
   Tritos Laosirihongthong and Atthawit Techawiboonwong, Thammasat University, Thailand

Global Value Chains

7. The relationship between value chain design and resilience: a framework of value chain design
   Laird A Burns, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Steven A Melnyk, Michigan State University, USA
8. Strategic choices and global chains from an operations-based perspective: a multiple cases study
   Ely Laureano Paiva and Luciana Marques Vieira, UNISINOS Business School, Brazil.
9. Complexity in global value networks - introduction of a promising model to determine complexity
   Markus Gerschberger, Christian Söser, Staberhofer Franz, LOGISTIKUM, Competence Centre for Logistics and Enterprise Networks, University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Emerging Industries

10. Modes of supply network formation in emergent industries
    David Kirkwood, Yongjiang Shi and Jagjit Singh Srai, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK
11. Visual management development with related technology assets: case study on chemical plant
    K Murata and H Katayama, Waseda University and F Suzuki and Y Honda, Nippon Shokubai Company, Japan
12. Core competencies for commercialising emerging technologies
    Yufeng Zhang, Yongjiang Shi and P Zhang, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK

Supply Networks

13. Internationalising food supply chains: the impact of emerging market characteristics on supply networks
    Harri Lorentz, Turku School of Economics, Finland, Pichawadee Kittipanya-ngam and Jagjit Singh Srai, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK
14. A typology of inter-firm networks: from a network habitual domain perspective
    Mary Lei Ma and Wenwen Zhao, Nanjing Science and Technology University and Yongjiang Shi, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK
15. The market value of supply chain flexibility: theory and evidence from the clean energy industry
    Jane Davies and Nitin Joglekar, Boston University School of Management, USA
16. Service supply chain integration in multi-organisation networks - applying integration enablers and aligning process capabilities
    Antigoni Iakovaki, Jagjit Singh Srai and Tomás Harrington, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK

Manufacturing Strategy

17. Redesigning manufacturing footprint from dynamic perspective: a holistic approach
    Yang Cheng, Sami Farooq and John Johansen, Aalborg University, Denmark
18. Towards an understanding of project networks in the plant engineering sector
    Stephan Scheuner, Richard J Harvey and Gerald Adlbrecht, University of Siegen, Germany
19. The role of interdependence in offshoring
    Dmitrij Slepniov and Brian Vejrum Waehrens, Aalborg University, Denmark

SME Challenges

20. The appropriateness of current intervention policy patterns and delivery mechanisms to address the manufacturing SME needs in Europe
    Umit Bititci and Aylin Ates, University of Strathclyde, UK
21. Strengthening SMEs through rapid prototyping to meet future challenges: why & how?
    Ayyaz Ahmad and Muhammad Ilyas Mazhar, Curtin University of Technology and Erik Jan Van Voorthuysen, University of New South Wales, Australia
22. Partnership development in high-tech start-ups: five case observations in the Cambridge Region
    John Shu-Kwan Chan, Yufeng Zhang, and Yongjiang Shi, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK

Industrial Dynamics

23. Industrial shutdown in Finnish paper industry - case study from logistics provider perspective
    Pekka Koskinen, Talentpartners Oy, Finland and Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
24. Tackle the changes in mobile handset industry: outsourcing arrangements and the corresponding management methods
    Ruiying Karen Li and Yongjiang Shi, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK
25. Regional/local support mechanisms with a special emphasis on the supply network development of the medical device industry: Illustration by case studies in the East of England region
    Dakshata Rana and Mike Gregory, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK.