The impact of supply chain integration on firm performance: The moderating role of competitive strategy

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-384

  Huo, Baofeng ^a   Qi, Yinan ^b   Wang, Zhiqiang ^c   Zhao, Xiande ^c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Competitive strategy; Contingency theory; Performance; Supply chain integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927522305     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-03-2013-0096     Document Type: Article

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