Complexity cost management

Build To Order: The Road to the 5-Day Car

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-174

  Schaffer, J ^a   Schleich, H ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 69549116081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-225-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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