Evaluating agility in corporate enterprises

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-423

  Ganguly, Anirban ^a   Nilchiani, Roshanak ^a   Farr, John V ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Corporate enterprises; Metrics; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; CORPORATE ENTERPRISES; DIGITAL MEDIAS; ENTERPRISE AGILITIES; GLOBAL MARKETS; METRICS; QUANTIFICATION;

COMPETITION;

EID: 63449123684     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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