Performance payoffs from manufacturing flexibility: The impact of market-driven mobility

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 494-511

  D'Souza, Derrick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 33847043494     PISSN: 10453695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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