Manufacturing strategy regained: Evidence for the demise of best-practice

California Management Review

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-42

  Pilkington, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032344442     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41165974     Document Type: Article

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