A longitudinal study of Japanese manufacturing strategies for quality, JIT and flexibility

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-356

  Daniel, Shirley J ^a   Reitsperger, Wolf D ^a   Morse, Kayo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 70450195299     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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