Managerial processes: Business process that sustain performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 851-887

  Bititci, Umit S ^a   Ackermann, Fran ^a   Ates, Aylin ^a   Davies, John ^a   Garengo, Patrizia ^b   Gibb, Stephen ^a   MacBryde, Jillian ^a   Mackay, David ^a   Maguire, Catherine ^a   van der Meer, Robert ^a   Shafti, Farhad ^a   Bourne, Michael ^c   Firat, Seniye Umit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Management strategy; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960639621     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111153076     Document Type: Review

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