The dynamics of consumer response: A quest for the attractors of supply chain demand

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 993-1010

  Holmström, Jan ^a   Hameri, Ari Pekka ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Logistics; Supply chain management; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543056349     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910287037     Document Type: Article

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