Does product platform strategy mediate the effects of supply chain integration on performance? a dynamic capabilities perspective

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 750-762

  Vickery, Shawnee K ^a   Koufteros, Xenophon ^b   Droge, Cornelia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; empirical modeling (including structural equations modeling and regression analysis); product innovation; product platform strategy; product process design interface; supply chain integration

Indexed keywords

DESIGN INTERFACE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; PRODUCT INNOVATION; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84886725451     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2013.2266301     Document Type: Article

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