Supply chain management practices as a mediator of the relationship between operations capability and firm performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 835-855

  Hsu, C C ^a   Tan, K C ^a   Kannan, V R ^b   Keong Leong, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Operations capability; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CHAIN MANAGEMENTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCES; JUST IN TIMES; NEW PRODUCT DESIGNS; OPERATIONS CAPABILITY; RESEARCH MODELS; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56749158178     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701452142     Document Type: Article

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