Internal lean practices and operational performance: The contingency perspective of industry clockspeed

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 562-588

  Chavez, Roberto ^a   Gimenez, Cristina ^a   Fynes, Brian ^b   Wiengarten, Frank ^a   Yu, Wantao ^c  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry clockspeed; Internal lean practices; Ireland; Lean production; Operational performance; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877837073     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571311322724     Document Type: Article

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