Product clockspeed as represented by the rate of product changes has important implications for supply chain design. The literature suggests that external integration with customers and suppliers is associated with increased improvement and innovation capabilities of the focal firm. However, the...

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) are widely used, yet the evidence for their effect on productivity is still limited. We gather survey data describing the use of PMS by 246 manufacturing firms in Italy and match it with financial data for the study period 2003-2012. We develop a PMS score...