Are supply and plant inspections complements or substitutes? A strategic and operational assessment of inspection practices in biotechnology

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1064-1081

  Mayer, Kyle J ^a   Nickerson, Jack A ^b   Owan, Hideo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Complementarity; Inspection; Moral hazard; Quality; Spillovers; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPLEMENTARITY; MORAL HAZARDS; SPILLOVERS; SUPPLY CHAIN;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 4344645666     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0235     Document Type: Article

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