A study of contingency relationships between supplier involvement, absorptive capacity and agile product innovation

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-92

  Tavani, Saeed Najafi ^a   Sharifi, Hossein ^a   Ismail, Hossam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Agile product innovation; Agility; Supplier involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890515695     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-09-2011-0331     Document Type: Article

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