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The dynamics of knowledge transfer is an important topic for engineering managers. In this paper, we study knowledge boundaries - barriers to knowledge transfer - in groups of experts, using topic modeling, a natural language processing technique, applied to transcript data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Circulatory Systems Advisory Panel. As predicted by prior theory, we find that knowledge

The execution of industrial projects is subject to uncertainties that cause deviations from the designated project schedules. Therefore, it is desired to generate robust schedules in the sense of being insensitive to project disruptions, such as deviations in activity durations. Beyond that, efficient schedules that offer high robustness at a low cost are preferred. This paper focuses on the discrete

Stability and capacity study can be considered as an initial tool proposed in the literature when beginning an optimization process via the lean approach. The challenge is to develop metrics specific for each process. The purpose of this paper is to develop a detailed analysis of the indicators for the process of lean implementation in a shared service center (SSC). The lean approach may increase the

This paper investigates the price and collection rate decisions and reverse channel structure strategy of a dyadic closed-loop supply chain with corporate social responsibility and green consumers, within which the manufacturer and green consumers exhibit environmental responsibility behaviors. The manufacturer decides who to collect used products. We find that 1) the retail price, collection rate

Viral phenomenon refers to a special case of maximum market penetration at a rapid growth rate, within a short duration of time and at a low advertising cost. The shrinking product lifecycles and multitude of competing products emphasize the need for measurement of viral success. Current studies focus on a single measure and for only freely available online information. This paper develops a multimeasure

This paper aims to understand the underlying mechanisms by which relational ties influence firm innovation. Companies in China rely much on relational ties to implement business strategies. Combining social network theory with dynamic capability perspective, we build a model that analyzes the direct and indirect impact of relational ties (business ties and service ties) on innovation performance through

In recent years, we have witnessed the wide implementation of many sophisticated supply contracts in the industry, such as the price, rebate, and return (P2R) contract. The P2R contract is offered by the manufacturer to the retailer. In this paper, a practice-based approach is adopted in which we first report the use of P2R contracts in the real world from industrial interviews. Based on the meanings

This paper investigates dynamic differentiation strategies under inventory risks when manufacturers open a direct channel to compete with their partner retailer. Differentiation is often employed in conflicting channels, but effectiveness becomes unclear when inventory risks are present. Accordingly, we propose that given the inventory risks and cost under demand variability, various coordinated strategies

This paper probes deeper into the impact of specific investment on the performance of R&D collaboration through investigating the relationships of both total specific investment and specific investment asymmetry to the performance of R&D collaboration and by examining the mediating effects of cooperative and competitive behaviors on the relationships. Drawing on the data of 140 dyadic R&D collaboration

This paper presents a novel framework for improving project outcomes by ensuring that systems requirements can be verified and validated against project objectives and constraints. The multiattribute process ensures that each requirement makes a measurable contribution toward meeting a system's intended use while considering the impact of known constraints. This new framework aims to increase the likelihood

While it is widely known that the success of platforms requires consistent support from complementors, scant attention has been paid to understand the moves of complementors in dynamic settings. In this paper, we focus on platform evolution from the sixth to the seventh generation of videogames and studied the strategic moves of third-party developers that supported personal computer and videogame

Mass availability of self-driving cars is ante portas and independent of their sophistication, unavoidable fatal accidents will occur where the car will have to take life and death decisions. However, there is a knowledge gap, since the impact, that the ethical frameworks (used in the car's decision-making process) have on the overall acceptance of self-driving cars, is not well investigated. This

Accurate prediction of potential delays in public private partnerships (PPP) projects could provide valuable information relevant for planning and mitigating completion risk in future PPP projects. However, existing techniques for evaluating completion risk remain incapable of identifying hidden patterns in risk behavior within large samples of projects, which are increasingly relevant for accurate

The terms module and modularity are not part of the technical taxonomy in any of the systems engineering standards, which do not regard a module as a part of the formal system breakdown structure. In this paper, we redefine the term module as a unit composed of a set of components with a set of specific interfaces. This unit serves one or more purely nonfunctional goals, such as flexibility, evolvability

Retailers are increasingly implementing an online-to-store channel, i.e., buy online and pick up in stores (BOPS), to better target different segments of consumers. It is important for retailers to determine whether to implement such channel in addition to traditional brick-and-mortar (BM) channel or both BM and online channels [double channels (DC)] in a competitive market. To address such a challenging

Public-private partnership (PPP) is effective in delivering infrastructure projects. In China, PPP has been widely adopted in project finance ever since the government has permitted the private sector to get involved in the investment and operation of urban infrastructure. However, there seem to be many spurious PPP projects emerging in the market, which may bring about losses to the stakeholders and

The strategic buckets method is often posited as an approach to ensure the strategic alignment of an research and development (R&D) portfolio with firm's strategy. Despite its popularity, crafting the right set of buckets to allocate resources is not a straightforward task. We consider the question of how to establish a set of buckets that aligns the R&D portfolio with the business strategy. We carried

This paper considers a let scheduling problem for highway construction projects under an anticipated funding scenario. Highway construction projects typically require large-scale funds, and rely on the revenue from state and federal funding sources. The revenues mainly come from transportation-related taxes and fees. Such revenues can radically change over time due to the uncertainty of economy, and

Project management has become the best way to plan for the future, and its importance in finding appropriate solutions is undoubted. Because of the cost factor of operations, barely any of the projects involve economic decision-making. The complexity in making economic decisions causes some of the projects to make the wrong decisions due to lack of proper information. Financial decision-making involves