Implementing lean production in an old industrial space: Restructuring at Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 1984-1994

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-60

  Norcliffe, Glen ^a   Bates, Judy ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corner Brook; Lean production; Newsprint; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

PAPER MILLS; RESTRUCTURING;

CANADA;

EID: 0031391461     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb00929.x     Document Type: Review

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