Networking capability in supplier relationships and its impact on product innovation and firm performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 577-606

  Mitrega, Maciej ^a   Forkmann, Sebastian ^b   Zaefarian, Ghasem ^c   Henneberg, Stephan C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Latent classes; Networking capability; Partial least squares; Product innovation; Supplier relationship portfolio

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017627592     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-11-2014-0517     Document Type: Article

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