The application of postponement in industry

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-248

  Yang, Biao ^a   Burns, Neil D ^b   Backhouse, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managerial practices; Performance; Postponement; Questionnaire survey; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; POSTPONEMENT STRATEGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 18544371492     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.845223     Document Type: Article

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