Amplification in service supply chains: An exploratory case study from the telecom industry

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-223

  Akkermans, Henk ^b   Vos, Bart ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amplification; Case Study; Service Operations; Supply Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644303153     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2003.tb00501.x     Document Type: Article

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