Big data analytics capability in supply chain agility: The moderating effect of organizational flexibility

Management Decision

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 2092-2112

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Childe, Stephen J ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytics capability; Big data; Big data analytics capability; Contingency theory; Dynamic capability view

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044466126     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-01-2018-0119     Document Type: Article

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