Configurations in manufacturing strategy: A review and directions for future research

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-439

  Bozarth, Cecil ^a   McDermott, Chris ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Manufacturing strategy configurations; Taxonomies; Typologies

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONFIGURATION MODEL; CONFIGURATIONAL RESEARCH; TAXONOMY; TYPOLOGY;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032120956     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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