Managing product variety in emerging markets

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-224

  Scavarda, Luiz Felipe ^a   Reichhart, Andreas ^b   Hamacher, Silvio ^a   Holweg, Matthias ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configuration management; Orders and ordering; Product management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349128572     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011018716     Document Type: Article

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