Measuring organizational responsiveness: The development of a validated survey instrument

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1573-1594

  Hoyt, James ^a   Huq, Faizul ^b   Kreiser, Patrick ^b  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Employees; Flexible manufacturing systems; Multiskilling; Strategic planning; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348957370     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710837979     Document Type: Article

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