Assessing intermediate infrastructural manufacturing decisions that affect a firm's market performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2537-2551

  Li, L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese manufacturers; Empirical analysis; Information technology market performance; Manufacturing control capability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHINESE MANUFACTURERS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MARKET PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING CONTROL CAPABILITY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 27744515264     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500045675     Document Type: Article

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