How to organise operations: Focusing or splitting?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 646-654

  Hill, Alex ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focusing; Operations strategy; Splitting

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EMPIRICAL SUPPORT; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 39649097166     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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