Exploring the impact of national culture on investments in manufacturing practices and performance: An empirical multi-country study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 554-578

  Wiengarten, Frank ^a   Fynes, Brian ^b   Pagell, Mark ^c   de Búrca, Seán ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Manufacturing systems; National cultures; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955513801     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111126328     Document Type: Article

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