Christian Hofer

TL;DR: In this article, a theory-based measure of inventory leanness, which takes into account industry-specific inventory management characteristics, is proposed, and the analysis of a large panel data set of U.S. manufacturing companies reveals that the significance and shape of the inventory-performance relationship varies substantially across industries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between lean production implementation and financial performance, focusing on the mediating role of inventory leanness in deriving the financial performance benefits commonly associated with lean production.

TL;DR: In this article, a Schumpeterian economics perspective is adopted to investigate competitive interactions among leader and challenger firms in the domain of environmental management, with a particular focus on operational EM activities.

TL;DR: In this paper, a time series examination of price premiums in the US airline industry is presented, and it is shown that the largest components of price premium are those from airport market share and airport concentration.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the current state of implementation of lean production practices in China as compared to the USA, and develop an institutional-theoretic framework that explores the interplay among economic, socio-cultural and regulative forces that may shape the adoption process of Lean production practices.