The variance paradox and its implications for Japanese production theory

Interfaces

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Gupta, Diwakar ^a   Srinivasan, Mandyam M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0040522829     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.26.4.69     Document Type: Article

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