Lean manufacturing and firm performance: The incremental contribution of lean management accounting practices

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 414-428

  Fullerton, Rosemary R ^a   Kennedy, Frances A ^b   Widener, Sally K ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean accounting; Lean manufacturing; Operations and financial performance; Structural equation modeling; Survey analysis

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS;

ACCOUNTING PRACTICES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; LEAN ACCOUNTING; LEAN MANAGEMENT; LEAN THINKING; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OPERATION PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; SURVEY ANALYSIS;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84911480229     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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