The impact of alignment between virtual enterprise and information technology on business performance in an agile manufacturing environment

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 531-550

  Cao, Qing ^a   Dowlatshahi, Shad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Business performance; Information technology; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; MODULAR PRODUCTION FACILITIES; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE (VE);

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 19944365930     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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