Dynamic location and entry mode selection of multinational manufacturing facilities under uncertainty: A chance-constrained goal programming approach

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Min, H ^a   Melachrinoudis, E ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal programming; International location

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008142797     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1996.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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