Supply chain relationship quality and performance in technological turbulence: An artificial neural network approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2757-2770

  Tsai, Juin Ming ^a   Hung, Shiu Wan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

decision making; neural networks; relationship quality; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TURBULENCE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; RELATIONSHIP QUALITIES; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIPS; TECHNOLOGICAL TURBULENCES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84958531613     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1140919     Document Type: Article

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