The Pareto managerial principle: When does it apply?

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2317-2325

  Grosfeld Nir, Abraham ^a   Ronen, Boaz ^b   Kozlovsky, Nir ^b  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entropy; Pareto principle; Theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENTROPY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PARETO DIAGRAMS; RELATIVE FREQUENCY; THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS;

PARETO PRINCIPLE;

EID: 34247567852     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600818203     Document Type: Article

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