An empirical investigation of the combinatorial nature of operational practices and operational capabilities: Compensatory or additive?

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-155

  Wu, Sarah Jinhui ^a   Melnyk, Steven A ^b   Swink, Morgan ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive; Compensatory; Manufacturing industries; Operational capabilities; Operational practices; Operations management; Process analysis; Process control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863078406     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571211208605     Document Type: Article

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