THE EFFECT OF JUST-IN-TIME SELLING ON ORGANIZATIONAL-STRUCTURE - AN EMPIRICAL-INVESTIGATION

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作者
GERMAIN, R
DROGE, C
DAUGHERTY, PJ
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,DEPT MKT & LOGIST,E LANSING,MI 48824
[2] UNIV GEORGIA,DEPT MKT & DISTRIBUT,ATHENS,GA 30602
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10.2307/3151877
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The authors test a model of the relationships among environmental uncertainty, just-in-time (JIT) selling, and dimensions of organizational structure. The results show that uncertainty is antecedent to JIT selling and that JIT selling predicts performance control, specialization, and scheduling decentralization. JIT selling is unrelated to face-to face integration and operations decentralization.
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页码:471 / 483
页数:13
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