Using soft OR in a small company - The case of Kirby

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-570

  Sørensen, Lene ^a   Vidal, René Victor Valqui ^a   Engström, Erik ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Riversoft   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Small and medium sized enterprises; Soft OR; Strategic choice approach; Strategic planning; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0141988558     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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