Decisive factors for the adoption of just-in-time in Greek SMEs: A probit model

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-355

  Missopoulos, Fotios S ^a   Dergiades, Theologos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek SMEs; JIT; Just In Time; LIS; Logistics Information Systems; Probit model; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447635545     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2007.012998     Document Type: Article

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