Supporting business decisions through standard forecasting practices: A case study in a greek tobacco distribution company

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Maris, Konstantinos ^a   Tavanidou, Eleni ^a   Metaxiotis, Konstantinos ^a   Assimakopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

business; decision support; distribution process; Forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744454352     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649203000371     Document Type: Article

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