Developing an understanding of corporate anorexia

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 424-440

  Radnor, Zoe J ^a   Boaden, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lean production; Operations management; Organizational behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042535317     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410524677     Document Type: Review

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