The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of Lean thinking in healthcare

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-191

  Papadopoulos, Thanos ^a   Radnor, Zoe ^b   Merali, Yasmin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Lean production; National Health Service; Networking; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651461454     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111104755     Document Type: Article

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