A longitudinal study of the learning climate and cycle time in supply chains

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-322

  Hult, G Tomas M ^a   Ketchen Jr , David J ^b   Slater, Stanley F ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Cycle time; Organizational learning; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442266464     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620210431697     Document Type: Article

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