The antecedents and consequences of product variety in new ventures: An empirical study

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 34-50

  Patel, Pankaj C ^a   Jayaram, Jayanth ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing flexibility; New ventures; Performance; Process modularity; Product modularity; Product variety

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; NEW VENTURES; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT MODULARITY; PRODUCT VARIETY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84890546792     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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