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A longitudinal study of the learning climate and cycle time in supply chains

G. Tomas M. Hult (Director, International Business Center and Associate Professor of Marketing & Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
David J. Ketchen Jr (Associate Professor of Management, Florida State University, College of Business, Tallahasse, Florida, USA)
Stanley F. Slater (Professor of Strategic Management and Marketing, Department of Business Administration, University of Washington, Bothell, Washington, USA)

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

ISSN: 0885-8624

Article publication date: 1 July 2002

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Abstract

Drawing on the resource‐based view, we posit that the learning climate is an intangible, strategic resource that influences important outcomes. Data from 141 supply chain units within a multinational corporation reveal that four constructs (team‐, systems‐, learning‐, and memory orientations) function as first‐order indicators of the higher‐order phenomenon of the learning climate. In turn, learning is inversely related to supply chain cycle time. The results are robust across the 1994 and 1999 data, suggesting that learning offers a persistent tool for managing outcomes.

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Tomas M. Hult, G., Ketchen, D.J. and Slater, S.F. (2002), "A longitudinal study of the learning climate and cycle time in supply chains", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 302-323. https://doi.org/10.1108/08858620210431697

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