Globalization and its impact on operational decisions: The role of industrial districts in the textile industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 692-719

  Puig, Francisco ^a   Marques, Helena ^b   Ghauri, Pervez N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Globalization; Manufacturing systems; Operations management; Spain; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650531850     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910971388     Document Type: Article

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