Process innovativeness in technology services organizations: Roles of differentiation strategy, operational autonomy and risk-taking propensity

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-660

  Das, Sidhartha R ^a   Joshi, Maheshkumar P ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Empirical research; Operations strategy; Service operations

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; SERVICE OPERATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33947382275     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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