Environmental determinants of VMI adoption: An exploratory analysis

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-369

  Dong, Yan ^a   Xu, Kefeng ^b   Dresner, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical test; Market competitiveness; Operational uncertainty; Structural equation modeling; Supply chain integration; Vendor managed inventory adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVENTORY; MARKETING; MODELING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 34247485306     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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