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Bozarth, C.C., Warsing, D.P., Flynn, B.B., & Flynn, E.J. (2009). The impact of supply chain complexity on manufactur-ing plant performance. Journal of Operations Management, 27(1), 78-93
Bugra, A., & Robert, H. (2019). A virtual engineering based approach to verify structural complexity of component-based automation systems in early design phase. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 53, 18–31.
Chand, P., Thakkar, J. J., & Ghosh, K. K. (2018). Analysis of supply chain complexity drivers for Indian mining equip-ment manufacturing companies combining SAP-LAP and AHP. Resources Policy, 59, 389-410.
Cheng, C.-Y., Chen, T.-L., & Chen, Y.-Y. (2014). An analysis of the structural complexity of supply chain networks. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 38(9-10), 2328-2344
Chhetri, P., Hashemi, A., Lau, K. H., & Lim, M. K. (2022). Aligning supply chain complexity with product demand and design characteristics. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(8), 1137-1163.
Choi, T. Y., & Krause, D. R. (2006). The supply base and its complexity: implications for transaction costs, risks, re-sponsiveness, and innovation. Journal of Operations Management, 24(5), 637–652
Choi, T. Y., & Krause, D. R. (2006). The supply base and its complexity: Implications for transaction costs, risks, re-sponsiveness, and innovation. Journal of operations management, 24(5), 637-652.
de Leeuw, S., Grotenhuis, R., & van Goor, A. R. (2013). Assessing complexity of supply chains: evidence from whole-salers. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 33(8), 960-980.
De leeuw, S., Grotenhuis, R., & van Goor, A.R. (2013). Assessing complexity of supply chains: evidence from whole-salers. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 33(8), 960-980.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (2003). The challenge of complexity in global manufacturing: Critical trends in supply chain management. In Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Global Benchmark Study Report.
Gerschberger, M., Engelhardt‐Nowitzki, C., Kummer, S., & Staberhofer, F. (2012). A model to determine complexity in supply networks. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 23(8), 1015-1037.
Hendryk, D., Kirstin S., & Dirk P. (2018). Burden or blessing in disguise: interactions in supply chain complexity. In-ternational Journal of Operations & Production Management, 38(2), 314-332
Iman, H., Abdolreza, S., Hamed, A., & Kazem M. (2015). Studying the impact of supply chain complexity on competi-tiveness capabilities. Journal of Scientific Research and Development, 2(6), 205-210
Isik, F. (2010). An entropy-based approach for measuring complexity in supply chains. International Journal of Produc-tion Research, 48(12), 37-41
Jacobs, M. A., & Swink, M. (2011). Product portfolio architectural complexity and operational performance: Incorporat-ing the roles of learning and fixed assets. Journal of Operations Management, 29(7–8), 677–691
Kavilal E.G., Prasanna Venkatesan, S., & Sanket, J. (2018). An integrated interpretive structural modeling and a graph-theoretic approach for measuring the supply chain complexity in the Indian automotive industry. Journal of Manu-facturing Technology Management, 29(3), 478-514.
Piya, S., Shamsuzzoha, A., & Khadem, M. (2020). An approach for analysing supply chain complexity drivers through interpretive structural modelling. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 23(4), 311-336.
Serdarasan, S. (2013). A review of supply chain complexity drivers. Computers & Industrial
Engineering, 66(3), 533-540
Seyda S. (2013). A review of supply chain complexity drivers. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 66, 533-540.
Seyoum, E., Paolo, T., & Pablo F. (2017). Effectiveness of Resilience Capabilities in Mitigating Disruptions: Leverag-ing on Supply Chain Structural Complexity. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 22(6), 506–521, 2017
Stock, G. N., Greis, N. P., & Kasarda, J. D. (2000). Enterprise logistics and supply chain structure: The role of fit. Jour-nal of Operations Management, 18(5), 531 -547
Vachon, S., & Klassen, R.D. (2002). An exploratory investigation of the effects of supply chain complexity on delivery performance. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 49(3), 218-230
Wilson, A. P., & Perumal, P. (2009). Waging war on complexity costs: Reshape your cost structure, free up cash flows and boost productivity by attacking process, product and organizational. McGraw Hill Professional, (2009)
Wu, Y., Frizelle, G., & Efstathiou, J. (2007). A study on the cost of operational complexity in
customer – supplier systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 106(1), 217-229
Yusoff, M. S. B. (2019). ABC of content validation and content validity index calculation. Education in medicine jour-nal, 11(2), 49-54.