Timebased competition and multiculturalism: A comparative approach to the Brazilian, Danish and Finnish furniture industries

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-364

  Tammela, I ^a   Canen, Alberto G ^a   Helo, Petri ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brazil; Competitive strategy; Denmark; Distribution management; Finland; Furniture industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049098632     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810863834     Document Type: Article

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