Assessing inter-organizational innovation performance through relational governance and dynamic capabilities in supply chains

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-186

  Cheng, Jao Hong ^a   Chen, Mu Chung ^a   Huang, Chung Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Information technology infrastructure flexibility; Innovation performance; Institutional orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897044876     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-05-2013-0162     Document Type: Article

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