How Can Supply Management Really Improve Performance? A Knowledge-Based Model of Alignment Capabilities

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3-17

  Handfield, Robert B ^a   Cousins, Paul D ^b   Lawson, Benn ^c   Petersen, Kenneth J ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Capabilities; Performance; Strategy; Structure; Supply management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936089418     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12066     Document Type: Article

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