An empirical investigation into the barriers to postponement

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 991-1005

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

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Postponement; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MARKETING;

BARRIERS; MAEKETING ENVIRONMENT; POSTPOTENT; QUESTIONNARIE SURVEY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27744480589     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540412331316134     Document Type: Article

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