Disentangling leanness and agility: An empirical investigation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-457

  Narasimhan, Ram ^a   Swink, Morgan ^a   Kim, Soo Wook ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agility; Leanness; Resource constraints

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGILITY; LEANNESS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747886515     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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