Antecedents and Outcomes of Supply Chain Effectiveness: An Exploratory Investigation: Working Paper Series--06-07

A growing body of research suggests that firms who effectively manage their supply chains can realize improved performance. To provide more specific insights into the key antecedents and outcomes of supply chain effectiveness, findings are reported from four focus groups involving 46 supply chain executives. The findings are integrated with extant research to derive a testable model proposing that firm performance is shaped, in part, by how...