Appointment policies in service operations: A critical analysis of the economic framework

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-286

  Mondschein, Susana V ^a,b   Weintraub, Gabriel Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment Policies; Private Server and Central Planner; Service Operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644242076     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2003.tb00504.x     Document Type: Review

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