Tradeoffs in manufacturing? A meta-analysis and critique of the literature

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-141

  Rosenzweig, Eve D ^a   Easton, George S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative capabilities; Manufacturing strategy; Meta analysis; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950925333     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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