STRATEGIC PRODUCTION COMPETENCE: CONVERGENT, DISCRIMINANT, AND PREDICTIVE VALIDITY

A resource‐based construct of manufacturing competence, termed strategic production competence, is examined with respect to its convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. The construct evaluates manufacturing performance across a comprehensive domain of competitive priorities relative to item importance and performance. Data from an earlier study of furniture firms ( n = 65) are used for statistical testing. The results establish the...