Lean, leaner, too lean? the inventory-performance link revisited

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-369

  Eroglu, Cuneyt ^a   Hofer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research methods; Financial economic analysis; Inventory management; Lean manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHOD; FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LEAN INVENTORY; LEAN MANUFACTURING; LEVEL CHARACTERISTIC; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PANEL DATA;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79952763949     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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