Exploring linkages between manufacturing strategy, business strategy, and organizational strategy

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-264

  Gupta, Yash P ^a,b   Lonial, Subhash C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Lisrel model; Manufacturing strategy; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000306811     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1998.tb00455.x     Document Type: Article

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