Formulation of robust strategies for project manufacturing business

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-237

  Fox, Stephen ^a   Jokinen, Tero ^a   Lindfors, Niklas ^a   Ylén, Jean Peter ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Production process; Project planning; Strategic manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952370304     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949275     Document Type: Article

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