Sustainable competitive advantage in turbulent business environments

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2821-2841

  Liu, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Operations strategy; Sustainable competitive advantage (SCA); Turbulent business environments

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84876317225     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.720392     Document Type: Article

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