ASP, the art and science of practice: What employers demand from applicants for MBA-level supply chain jobs and the coverage of supply chain topics in MBA courses

Interfaces

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-484

  Sodhi, ManMohan S ^a   Son, Byung Gak ^a   Tang, Christopher S ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Education systems: Operations; Forecasting; Inventory production; Manpower planning; Personnel; Professional

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349084767     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1080.0377     Document Type: Article

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