An exploration of the strategic antecedents of firm supply chain agility: The role of a firm's orientations

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 179, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-34

  Gligor, David M ^a   Holcomb, Mary C ^b   Feizabadi, Javad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MIT Global Scale Network Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental uncertainty; Firm supply chain agility; Market orientation; Supply chain orientation

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHAIN ORIENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; EXPLANATORY POWER; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MARKET ORIENTATION; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; SUPPLY CHAIN AGILITY; THEORY DEVELOPMENT;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84971505657     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.05.008     Document Type: Article

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