Short-termism and the appraisal of AMT capital projects inthe US and UK

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 341-368

  Lefley, F ^a   Sarkis, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (AMT); SHORT TERMISM POLICY;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031078052     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497195795     Document Type: Article

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