Barriers to 'US style' lean retailing: The case of Wal-Mart's failure in Germany

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-469

  Christopherson, Susan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Globalization; Lean retailing; Wal Mart, Germany

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; RETAILING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547815647     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm010     Document Type: Article

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