Field research in operations and supply chain management

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-375

  Dehoratius, Nicole ^a,b   Rabinovich, Elliot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^b Zaragoza Logistics Center   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Data analysis; Empirical; Ethnography; Field research; Field study; Hypothesis testing; Methodology; Research

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

CASE-STUDIES; EMPIRICAL; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD RESEARCH; FIELD STUDIES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955055680     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.12.007     Document Type: Editorial

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