Impact of performance-based contracting on product reliability: An empirical analysis

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 961-979

  Guajardo, Jose A ^a   Cohen, Morris A ^a   Kim, Sang Hyun ^b   Netessine, Serguei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Empirical operations management; Maintenance repairs; Reliability; Supply chain contracting

Indexed keywords

AFTER-SALES; DATA SETS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOGENEITY; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT; SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 84859839516     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1465     Document Type: Article

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