The relationships among functional integration, mass customisation, and firm performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-690

  Liu, Gensheng J ^a   Shah, Rachna ^b   Schroeder, Roger G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

empirical study; mass customisation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MASS CUSTOMISATION; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PLANT PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION; SURVEY DATA;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859984619     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.537390     Document Type: Article

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