The Bullwhip effect - Complexity in theory and in a real-life application

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-102

  Björk, Kaj Mikael ^a   Hejari, Annukka ^b   Carlsson, Christer ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Case study; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846044274     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2007.011451     Document Type: Article

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