The challenges of supply strategy selection in a project environment: Evidence from UK naval shipbuilding

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-25

  Sanderson, Joe ^a   Cox, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Manufacturing industries; Project management; Shipbuilding industry; Supply; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349115389     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810850283     Document Type: Article

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