CI and performance: A CUTE approach

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1120-1137

  Gieskes, José F B ^a   Boer, Harry ^a   Baudet, Frank C M ^a   Seferis, Kostas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Information technology; Kaizen; Performance measurement; Small to medium sized enterprizses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478373     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910291041     Document Type: Article

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