Assessing manufacturing plant competitiveness an empirical field study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 233-253

  Gordon, John ^a,b   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Competitiveness; Manufacturing; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035626839     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110358567     Document Type: Article

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