Small firms under MICROSCOPE: International differences in production/operations management practices and performance

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 469-482

  Cagliano, R ^a   Blackmon, K ^a   Voss, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Performance; Small to medium sized enterprise; World class manufacturing

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035210236     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000006229     Document Type: Article

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