...Kangkang Yu; Jack Cadeaux; Nanfeng Luo; Cheng Qian; Zhenghao Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the consistency between objective and perceived environmental uncertainty might affect supply chain flexibilities that cope with supply chain risk. Design/methodology...

... underlying population model is known. Moreover, the authors apply the three-stage approach to a real research setting in business research. Findings The study based on simulated data illustrates that the three-stage approach is Fisher-consistent, whereas the dominant extant approaches are not. The study...

... can reduce the error by using the conformability and outlier tests, while the consistency factor contributes to determining the final estimate with personal estimates. Research limitations/implications The procedure proposed in this study is confined to the presented logistic model. Future...