Supply chain agility, adaptability and alignment: Empirical evidence from the Indian auto components industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-148

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Altay, Nezih ^b   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^c   Blome, Constantin ^d   Papadopoulos, Thanos ^e   Childe, Stephen J ^f  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Resource based view; Supply chain adaptability; Supply chain agility; Supply chain alignment; Survey; Top management commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038824522     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2016-0173     Document Type: Article

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