Manufacturing strategy formation process: Case study of iranian manufacturing companies

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-644

  Ghazinoory, Sepehr ^a   Khotbesara, Rahman Mahdiani ^b   Fardoei, Sedigheh Rezaeian ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

deliberate decisions; emergent decisions; Iran; manufacturing strategy; strategy formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866335271     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2011.603475     Document Type: Article

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