Assessing the effectiveness of supply flexibility sources: An empirical research

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5791-5809

  Tachizawa, Elcio M ^a   Gimenez, Cristina ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical; Purchasing; Sourcing; Spain; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONTROL VARIABLE; COST EFFECTIVE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOURCING; SPAIN; STEPWISE REGRESSION; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SALES; SURVEYS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449597984     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802146122     Document Type: Article

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