Supply chain innovation and organizational performance in the healthcare industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1193-1214

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Lee, DonHee ^a   Schniederjans, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospitals; Organizational performance; Quality management practice; SC efficiency; SC innovation; South Korea; Structural equation modeling; Supplier cooperation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054789587     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111178493     Document Type: Article

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