The impact of forecasting on companies' performance: Analysis in a multivariate setting

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 458-469

  Danese, Pamela ^a   Kalchschmidt, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Backward stepwise regression; Cost and delivery performances; Demand forecasting; GMRG

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; DEMAND FORECASTING; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; GMRG; INTERACTION EFFECT; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; POSITIVE INTERACTION; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; STEPWISE REGRESSION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION USE; MANUFACTURE;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79958190515     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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