Linking management control system with product development and process decisions to cope with environment complexity

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2577-2591

  Li, Y ^a   Li, L ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Wang, L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment complexity; Management control system; Process decisions; Product development; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROCESS CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENT COMPLEXITY; MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS DECISIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 27744596269     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500045634     Document Type: Article

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