Developing information processing capability for operational agility: Implications from a Chinese manufacturer

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 462-480

  Huang, Pei Ying ^a   Pan, Shan L ^b   Ouyang, Tao Hua ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

case study; information processing capability; operational agility; operational decision making

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; MANUFACTURE;

CHINESE MANUFACTURERS; CONSTRUCTION OF IT; INFORMATION PROCESSING CAPABILITY; INFORMATION SENSITIVITY; OPERATIONAL AGILITY; OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84903946692     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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