... customer performance exerted a positive direct effect over NP financial performance. Research limitations/implications The fact that the paper is a single country study focusing on the manufacturing industry limits its generalization to other industries/contexts. Furthermore, the paper focuses on two...

... definition, the higher retailer power is doubtful. All these findings were extracted from the western markets. Erdener Kaynak can be contacted at: k9x@psu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Manufacturing industries Retailers Channel relationships Influence China Power...

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... priorities to capture the complexity of different plant characteristics. Competitive strategy Manufacturing industries Plant efficiency Kuwait An extensive review of the literature revealed manufacturing competitive priorities were carried out in small and newly emerged economies in the Middle...