Dynamic capabilities through continuous improvement infrastructure

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 444-461

  Anand, Gopesh ^a   Ward, Peter T ^b   Tatikonda, Mohan V ^c   Schilling, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Dynamic capabilities; Lean management; Operations strategy; Organizational learning; Six Sigma; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; LEAN MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; SIX SIGMA;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70350020550     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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