Emerging market penetration, inventory supply, and financial performance

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-347

  Han, Chaodong ^a   Dong, Yan ^b   Dresner, Martin ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

emerging markets; financial performance; inventory; manufacturing; multinational firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875127182     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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