Bouchaib Bahli

• Professor (Full) at Toronto Metropolitan University

Purpose This study aims to identify the “should have” and “must have” capabilities required to boost a supply chain’s robustness and operational performance. Research on supply chain capabilities and their impact has long been central to the supply chain discipline. However, empirical studies continue to report mixed results regarding the relations...

This paper refines existing literature on supply chain integration (SCI) by exploring its possible adverse effects on higher levels of SCI on firm performance. Furthermore, we explain how trust offsets the negative effects of increased integration. Based on data gathered from 152 firms in the United States, our research reveals two important result...

The purpose of this research is to provide researchers and leaders with a reliable and up-to-date comparison between a single-item and a multi-item trust scale, enabling effective assessment of team members’ trust in their leaders. The aim of the study is to investigate whether a single-question scale is as reliable as a multi-item questionnaire in...

SMEs increasingly engage in Collaborative Innovation Networks (CINs) to access valuable knowledge for innovation from complementary partners. They deploy their absorptive capacity (ACAP) to make efficient use of this new external knowledge. Despite the importance of ACAP to support the contribution of SMEs to innovation throughout the lifecycle of...

The oil and gas industry in Brazil is going through a huge transformation since the discovery of extensive oil reserves in 2007. Oil companies turned their attention to Brazil, and so did the Brazilian government. Hence, this stimulates economic trade that is associated with significant transaction costs linked to these projects. This paper examine...

This article investigates the phenomenon of compelled circumstantial trust, which project managers are subject to when performing their functions in the project environment. The objective is to contribute to the project manager‘s higher productivity and efficiency. Compelled circumstantial trust is a phenomenon that happens, for instance, when ther...

This article investigates the phenomenon of compelledcircumstantial trust, which project managers are subject towhen performing their functions in the project environment. Theobjective is to contribute to the project manager‘s higherproductivity and efficiency. Compelled circumstantial trust is aphenomenon that happens, for instance, when there is...

Generally, innovation and technology services are the key factors for business growth. In innovation, Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) develop organizational competencies and create and transfer intensive knowledge that is crucial for sustaining competitiveness in the rapid global growth. The investigate issue is: How many scientific st...

Supply chain disruptions are increasingly exerting negative effects on the economic and operational performance of firms. Hence, firms need to ensure business continuity and protect its economic value by enhancing supply chain resiliency. In our paper, we draw on the organizational information processing theory, and we consider the enhancement of s...

Purpose The purpose of this research is to identify and accumulate knowledge on the existing developments on project success measures. The authors aim to contribute to this debate by providing both researchers and project management professionals with reliable contemporary project success criteria that permit generalization for a proper assessment...

The ever-increasing worldwide demand for automation has augmented the adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning for industrial developments. Among the recent technological advancements, intelligent robots are increasingly becoming an integral part of several firms. The study focuses on the impact of intelligent r...

To understand drivers' behaviors in the use of In-Vehicle Electronic Technology (IVET), we extended the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to examine the role of Habit on IVET acceptance by Brazilian car drivers. To do so, a comprehensive review of the current literature on mental load and habit has been conducted to explore...

Goal: The objective of this research is to provide researchers and project management professionals with a contemporary view of the measurement of project success. Design/Methodology/Approach: After a dense literature review, a research-based study analyzes the project success criteria perspectives of 264 Brazilian project managers and provides a r...

A significant number of companies worldwide recognize the importance of sharing resources for value generation and increased competitiveness in their industries. This change has increased in the relevant energy sector, especially in global companies that operate on a productive scale. The search for new forms of sustainable energy generation is the...

Firms can enhance their supply chain resiliency, by integrating with supply chain partners to increase their information processing capacity, or, by creating redundancy to reduce their information processing needs. Analysis of data collected from 283 US and French manufacturers, supports our arguments and offers theoretical and managerial insights.

Do lead time constraints only lead to re-think and re-optimise the inventory positioning along the supply chain or can they impact on the design of the supply chain itself? To answer such a question, we integrate the lead time constraints in a multi-echelon supply chain design model and challenge the difficulty of combining in the same model the lo...

One of the main challenges of retail units is to determine the order quantities of different types of products, each with a specific expiry date, so that the system cost including shortage cost is minimized. We study a new multi-product multi-period replenishment problem for a First Expired-First Out (FEFO) based warehouse management system. The pr...

span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> This research investigates the market reaction to an information-based manipulation called stock spams. The impact is focused on the liquidity variable which is measured by Amivest ratio. Using the event study methodology on a sample of penny stocks for the period February 2006 through O...

span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> Studies of managers and knowledge workers reveal that they spend a significant amount of their time in meetings, suggesting that meetings are an important part of one's working life. Findings in Group Support Systems research suggest that using computer-mediated communication enhances id...

Information technology outsourcing has become a pervasive and important phenomenon in business organizations and there is substantial evidence about its benefits and pitfalls. Initially, firms used outsourcing as a way to lower costs, gain access to expertise and focus on core activities. Recently, there is a shift in focus and more firms are outso...

Organizations have significantly increased their use and development of Web-based systems and applications. The complexity of designing, developing, managing, and maintaining these systems have grown considerably. Web engineering is the process used to create high-quality Webbased systems and applications that deliver a complex array of content and...