Empirical Elephants-Why Multiple Methods are Essential to Quality Research in Operations and Supply Chain Management. From John Godfrey Saxe's poem in Linton, William James, (1878), Poetry of America: Selections from one hundred American poets from 1776 to 1876, pp. 150-152

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-344

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EID: 42049086761     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2008.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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