Editorial: Empirical elephants-Why multiple methods are essential to quality research in operations and supply chain management

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Singhal, Vinod ^a   Flynn, Barbara B ^b   Ward, Peter T ^c   Roth, Aleda V ^d   Gaur, Vishal ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

DATA COLLECTION; QUALITY RESEARCH;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42449095438     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2008.03.005     Document Type: Note

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