The alignment between manufacturing and business strategies: Its influence on business performance

Technovation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 699-705

  Sun, Hongyi ^a   Hong, Cui ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alignment; Business strategy; Manufacturing strategy; Performance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING;

MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0036836893     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(01)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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