A systems perspective on the death of a car company

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-583

  Oliver, Nick ^a   Holweg, Matthias ^b   Carver, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Business failures; Corporate strategy; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849083553     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570810875368     Document Type: Article

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