A contingency approach for SC strategy in the Italian luxury industry: Do consolidated models fit?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-189

  Caniato, Federico ^a   Caridi, Maria ^a   Castelli, Cecilia M ^a   Golini, Ruggero ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Luxury; Supply chain strategy

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY THEORY; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; LUXURY; LUXURY GOODS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 67649390981     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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