Production and Operations Management
Announcing Special Issue on MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
April 2017, Volume 26, Number 4
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/poms.2017.26.issue-4/issuetoc
Whether using big data to transform the financial services industry, deploying autonomous fleets to redefine transportation services, or democratizing the improvement of production processes by allowing front line workers to stop production with a simple pull of the Andon cord, scientific and technological innovations are often the foundation of improvements in the competitive marketplace. This Management of Technology, is truly a multidisciplinary endeavor requiring a firm's managers to collaborate with its engineers, scientists and other researchers from various areas to leverage the theoretical, conceptual and practical expertise necessary to identify, create and infuse innovations into a firm's manufacturing and service capabilities.
Not limited to just collaborating with scientists and engineers, managers must also identify and exploit the opportunities in which these innovations can be used to create value. In addition they must mitigate the constraints posed by a firm's organizational structure, managerial systems and procedures that are inherent in bringing new processes to fruition. Managerial expertise is especially critical with challenges requiring breadth of depth of knowledge extending outside the firm's boundaries because these challenges require firms to engage their partners in the value-chain to both generate and implement innovative ideas.
This special issue of Production and Operations Management both recognizes current research and encourages future research in Management of Technology (MOT) that addresses the above challenges. The focus of this special issue is at the intersection of operations management, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategy. Six invited papers and five contributed papers appear that advance the multidisciplinary perspective of MOT on topics including the management of knowledge intensive firms, the value chain as a driver of innovation, and agency issues for digital goods.
Invited Papers
● "Organizational Learning and Management of Technology," Linda Argote and Manpreet Hora.
● "Emergent Themes in the Interface between Economics of Information Systems and Management of Technology," Sulin Ba and Barrie Nault.
● "Towards Building Multidisciplinary Knowledge on Management of Technology: An Introduction to the Special Issue," Cheryl Gaimon, Manpreet Hora and Karthik Ramachandran.
● "Research on Idea Generation and Selection Implications for Management of Technology," Laura Kornish and Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat.
● "Using Value Chains to Enhance Innovation," Hau Lee and Glen Schmidt.
● "Creativity and Risk Taking Aren't Rational: Behavioral Operations in MOT," Christoph Loch.
● "Creativity and the Management of Technology Balancing Creativity and Standardization." Christina Shalley and Lucy Gilson.
Contributed Papers
● "Product Upgrades with Stochastic Technology Advancement, Product Failure, and Brand Commitment," Samuel N. Kirshner. Yuri Levin and Mikhail Nediak.
● "Organization of Public Safety Networks Spillovers, Interoperability, and Participation," Yipeng Liu, Hong Guo and Barrie Nault.
● "Collaborative Work Dynamics in Projects with Co-Production," Morvarid Rahmani, Guilluame Roels and Uday Karmarkar.
● "Task Interdependence Impacts on Reciprocity in IT Implementation Teams," Tobias Schoenherr, Elliot Bendoly, Daniel G. Bachrach and Anthony C. Hood.
● "Strategic Analysis of the Agency Model for Digital Goods," Yinliang Tan and Janice E. Carrillo.