Strategic adaptivity in global supply chains-Competitive advantage by autonomous cooperation

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-26

  Hülsmann, Michael ^a   Grapp, Jörn ^a   Li, Ying ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous cooperation and control; Competences; Competitive advantage; Global supply chains; Strategic adaptivity

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; PROCESS CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTONOMOUS COOPERATION; COMPETENCES; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS; STRATEGIC ADAPTIVITY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 45049086373     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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