Performance improvement: An active life cycle product management

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-313

  Cucchiella, Federica ^a   Gastaldi, Massimo ^a   Lenny Koh, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fashion sector; Investment risk; Life cycle; Real option; Supply chain; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT RATE; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FASHION GOODS; FASHION SECTOR; FIRM NETWORK; INVESTMENT RISKS; LOW LEVEL; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PRODUCT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION CYCLE; REAL OPTION THEORY; REAL OPTIONS; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY;

COMPETITION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951138097     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720903326886     Document Type: Article

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