On theory in operations management

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-113

  Schmenner, Roger W ^a   Swink, Morgan L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Operations strategy; Productivity

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SCIENCES; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; THEORY OF PERFORMANCE FRONTIERS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032298250     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(98)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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