Manufacturing strategy, the business environment, and operations performance in small low-tech firms

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5491-5513

  Corbett, Lawrence M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Configurations; Improvement; Manufacturing strategy; New Zealand; Operations

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES; CONFIGURATIONS; IMPROVEMENT; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATIONS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 65249120276     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701393163     Document Type: Article

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