Supply chain strategy, product characteristics, and performance impact: Evidence from Chinese manufacturers

Decision Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-695

  Qi, Yinan ^a   Boyer, Kenneth K ^b   Zhao, Xiande ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance (anova); And supply chain design; Cluster analysis; Product characteristics; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449152920     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2009.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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