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The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean thinking in healthcare (2011)
Journal Article
Papadopoulos, T., Radnor, Z., & Merali, Y. (2011). The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean thinking in healthcare. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 31(2), 167-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443571111104755

Purpose: The importance of networks in effecting the outcomes of change processes is well-established in the literature. Whilst extant literature focuses predominantly on the structural properties of networks, our purpose is to explore the dynamics o... Read More about The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean thinking in healthcare.

Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain (2006)
Journal Article
Merali, Y. (2006). Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain. Journal of Information Technology, 21(4), 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000081

This paper is concerned with the emergence of the information systems (IS) domain as a central feature of the management research landscape in the networked world. It shows that emergence of the network economy and network society necessitates a para... Read More about Complexity and information systems: The emergent domain.

Building and Developing Capabilities: A Cognitive Congruence Framework (2003)
Book Chapter
Merali, Y. (2003). Building and Developing Capabilities: A Cognitive Congruence Framework. In R. Sanchez (Ed.), Knowledge Management and Organizational Competence (41-62). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199259281.003.0002

The importance of dynamism, regeneration, change, and innovation is often emphasized in 'competing for the future'. Recent literature on competencebased competition and dynamic capabilities highlights the role of knowledge management and organization... Read More about Building and Developing Capabilities: A Cognitive Congruence Framework.

The role of boundaries in knowledge processes (2002)
Journal Article
Merali, Y. (2002). The role of boundaries in knowledge processes. European Journal of Information Systems, 11(1), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave/ejis/3000413

Advances in communications and information technology deliver an increasingly dynamic and interconnected competitive context. To survive and prosper in this environment, organisations must be innovative and adaptive. Intellectual and relational capit... Read More about The role of boundaries in knowledge processes.

Individual and collective congruence in the knowledge management process (2000)
Journal Article
Merali, Y. (2000). Individual and collective congruence in the knowledge management process. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 9(2-3), 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0963-8687%2800%2900044-5

This paper is concerned with the cognitive infrastructure underpinning the socially situated process of knowledge management in dynamic contexts. It describes the cognitive congruence framework (Fourth International Conference on Competence Based Man... Read More about Individual and collective congruence in the knowledge management process.

The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management (1993)
Journal Article
Merali, Y., & McKiernan, P. (1993). The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2(2), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/0963-8687%2893%2990003-S

Although corporate growth through acquisition continues to be a popular strategy for the 1990s, the failure rate of acquired companies remains high at 50 per cent. This paper focuses on post-acquisition integration of information systems (IS) and inf... Read More about The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management.