Supply chain management and financial performance: Literature review and future directions

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1283-1317

  Shi, Min ^a   Yu, Wei ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Literature review; Performance drivers; Performance measurement; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884681521     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2012-0112     Document Type: Review

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