Operational research in practice: Consultancy in industry revisited

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Fortuin, Leonard ^a   Zijlstra, Mynt ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Quantitative Methods   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultancy; Management; Manufacturing; OR in practice; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347316310     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00377-4     Document Type: Article

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