With the diffusion of digitalization technologies that allow to analyze high volumes of operational data in real time, data-driven decision-making can now entail benefits on organizational performance not only at the strategic, but also at the operational level. However, little is known about the individual and organizational preconditions that make this approach possible on the […]
The complexity brought by digitalization in operations is disrupting blue-collar and technical jobs, increasing levels of knowledge required to perform them. When workers such as electrical grid operators become “smart grid operators”, the breadth of knowledge required to them increases. The shift from I-shaped to T-shaped profiles has been described by literature (e.g. Demirkan, 2015), […]
The rise of sharing economy, made possible by technological evolution, has changed the way people make use of underutilized goods and has also changed the competition dynamics between incumbents and new players of many sectors. One sector that has been more revolutionized by the sharing economy is the tourism industry, given the rise of many […]
Using the dynamic capabilities and absorptive capacity as theoretical lenses, this paper investigates the capabilities required to exploit digital technologies in products and/or in processes. We propose that the capabilities to acquire knowledge from external sources, internal sources and manufacturing operations drive the assimilation and transformation capabilities through the formulation of a digital manufacturing strategy, […]
Purpose – This paper investigates Smart Working (SW), a set of modern and not-conventional organisational models that are characterised by high flexibility in the choice of the working spaces, time and tools, and that provides all employees of a organisation with the best working conditions to accomplish their tasks. Specifically, the paper aims to: (i) […]