Manufacturing Strategy, Environmental Uncertainty and Performance: A Path Analytic Model Export

@article{citeulike:6092219, abstract = {In recent years, researchers and practitioners are paying increasing attention to the phenomenon of manufacturing strategy. However, there exists no formal theory of manufacturing strategy to explain the phenomenon. There is a real need for empirical studies for the development of such a theory. This study takes a step in that direction by clarifying, organizing and integrating terms and concepts relevant to manufacturing strategy in the process of conducting an empirical investigation of key manufacturing strategy variables. The empirical section of this study based on data gathered from 35 manufacturers found that environmental uncertainty influenced manufacturing strategy variables such as Manufacturing Flexibility, and the Role of Manufacturing Managers in Strategic Decision Making. The manufacturing strategy variables, in turn, influenced business performance.}, author = {Swamidass, Paul M. and Newell, William T.}, citeulike-article-id = {6092219}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2631870}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2631870}, doi = {10.2307/2631870}, issn = {00251909}, journal = {Management Science}, keywords = {analytic, environmental, manufacturing, model, path, performance, strategy, uncertainty}, number = {4}, pages = {509--524}, posted-at = {2009-11-10 06:51:52}, priority = {3}, publisher = {INFORMS}, title = {Manufacturing Strategy, Environmental Uncertainty and Performance: A Path Analytic Model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2631870}, volume = {33}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6092219 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6092219 N2 - In recent years, researchers and practitioners are paying increasing attention to the phenomenon of manufacturing strategy. However, there exists no formal theory of manufacturing strategy to explain the phenomenon. There is a real need for empirical studies for the development of such a theory. This study takes a step in that direction by clarifying, organizing and integrating terms and concepts relevant to manufacturing strategy in the process of conducting an empirical investigation of key manufacturing strategy variables. The empirical section of this study based on data gathered from 35 manufacturers found that environmental uncertainty influenced manufacturing strategy variables such as Manufacturing Flexibility, and the Role of Manufacturing Managers in Strategic Decision Making. The manufacturing strategy variables, in turn, influenced business performance. IS - 4 JF - Management Science SN - 00251909 EP - 524 TI - Manufacturing Strategy, Environmental Uncertainty and Performance: A Path Analytic Model PB - INFORMS VL - 33 SP - 509 KW - analytic KW - environmental KW - manufacturing KW - model KW - path KW - performance KW - strategy KW - uncertainty AU - Swamidass, Paul AU - Newell, William PY - 1987/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2631870 ER -