Decentralized control in the customer focused enterprise

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 1997, Pages 325-333

  Fulkerson, Bill ^a   Staffend, Gilbert ^b  

^a DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0031323887     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018971832353     Document Type: Article

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