Cluster analysis application for understanding SME manufacturing strategies
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Highlights：
• Uses clustering to detect manufacturing strategies inspired by Miller and Roth (1994).
• Analysis based on Finnish SME survey and publicly available financial statements.
• Application proposes three clusters to be used as manufacturing strategy taxon.
• Subcontracting cluster shows lowest financial performance among clusters.
• Engineer-servers cluster seems to be best strategy in post 2008–2009 era.
摘要
•Uses clustering to detect manufacturing strategies inspired by Miller and Roth (1994).•Analysis based on Finnish SME survey and publicly available financial statements.•Application proposes three clusters to be used as manufacturing strategy taxon.•Subcontracting cluster shows lowest financial performance among clusters.•Engineer-servers cluster seems to be best strategy in post 2008–2009 era.
论文关键词：Manufacturing strategy,Configuration,Taxonomy,Business cycle,Performance,SME
论文评审过程：Received 20 May 2016, Revised 31 August 2016, Accepted 9 September 2016, Available online 10 September 2016, Version of Record 15 September 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.09.016
