John N. Pearson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated JIT implementation differences between small and large U.S. manufacturers and found that the frequencies of the 10 JIT management practices implemented differ between the two groups of manufacturer size and an association exists between the JIT practices implemented and manufacturer size.

TL;DR: The study overcomes several methodological shortcomings of prior research on strategic planning and firm performance and identifies statistically significant differences between the financial performance data of firms that employ structured, strategic plans and those that do not.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed hypotheses concerning purchasing/supplier involvement, strategic purchasing and firm's financial performance using the resource-base view of the firm, and empirically tested these hypotheses using structural equation modeling.

TL;DR: Six principles of modeling are discussed here cover simplicity versus complexity; model development as a gradual, almost piecemeal process; dividing larger models into smaller components; using analogies; proper uses of data; and finally the way in which the modeling process can seem chaotic.