A swift response tool for measuring the strategic fit for resource pooling: A case study

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 434-449

  Naesens, Kobe ^a   Gelders, Ludo ^a   Pintelon, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Belgium; Case studies; Resource sharing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247159071     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710745061     Document Type: Review

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