The impact of operations capability on firm performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5135-5156

  Tan, K C ^a   Kannan, V R ^b   Narasimhan, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invariant analysis; Just in Time; New product design and development; Operations capability; Quality management; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS CAPABILITY; SECOND-ORDER CONSTRUCTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34848843495     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600871269     Document Type: Article

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