Managing global network operations along the engineering value chain

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 736-764

  Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Gregory, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering operations; Global engineering networks (GEN); Industrial engineering; Network organizations; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959234043     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111144832     Document Type: Article

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