The impact of innovativeness on supply chain performance: is supply chain integration a missing link?

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 733-746

  Seo, Young Joon ^a   Dinwoodie, John ^a   Kwak, Dong Wook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovativeness; Mediating effect; Supply chain integration; Supply chain management; Supply chain performance Paper type Research paper

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915789878     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-02-2014-0058     Document Type: Article

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