Examining Absorptive Capacity in Supply Chains: Linking Responsive Strategy and Firm Performance

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3-28

  Dobrzykowski, David D ^a   Leuschner, Rudolf ^a   Hong, Paul C ^b   Roh, James J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Information processing theory; Knowledge acquisition; New product development; Organizational learning; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942568268     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12085     Document Type: Article

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