The effect of an ambidextrous supply chain strategy on combinative competitive capabilities and business performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 415-429

  Kristal, Mehmet Murat ^a   Huang, Xiaowen ^b   Roth, Aleda V ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Combinative competitive capabilities; Empirical research; Exploitation; Exploration; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

AMBIDEXTERITY; COMPETITIVE CAPABILITIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION;

SPREADSHEETS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956059463     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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