Interrelationships among lean bundles and their effects on operational performance

Operations Management Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-158

  Pont, Giorgia Dal ^a   Furlan, Andrea ^a   Vinelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lean bundles; Mediating effect; Operational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349999458     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-008-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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