The link between supply chain fit and financial performance of the firm

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-353

  Wagner, Stephan M ^a   Grosse Ruyken, Pan Theo ^a   Erhun, Feryal ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Firm performance; Operations strategy; Supply chain fit; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL DATA; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; RETURN ON ASSETS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN;

ECONOMICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859705653     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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