American Corporate Timetabling: Its Past, Present and Future

Time & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-285

  Clark, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

timetabling; US Japan comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287530     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X97006002008     Document Type: Article

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