Absorptive capacity: Enhancing the assimilation of time-based manufacturing practices

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 692-710

  Tu, Qiang ^a   Vonderembse, Mark A ^b   Ragu Nathan, T S ^b   Sharkey, Thomas W ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Empirical research; Operations strategy; Time based manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; TIME BASED MANUFACTURING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747873536     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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