"Black-box" and "gray-box" supplier integration in product development: Antecedents, consequences and the moderating role of firm size

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 847-870

  Koufteros, Xenophon A ^a   Edwin Cheng, T C ^b   Lai, Kee Hung ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Product development; Social network theory; Supply management practices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOCIAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVE (SNP); SOCIAL NETWORK THEORY; SUPPLY BASE RATIONALIZATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34248546939     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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