Specifications - Do we really understand what they mean?

Business Horizons

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 63-69

  Nellore, Rajesh ^a,b   Söderquist, Klas ^c   Siddall, Gary ^d   Motwani, Jaideep ^e  

^a Advanced Procurement Planning Div   (Sweden)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^d DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033229063     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-6813(99)80040-8     Document Type: Article

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