Towards solution based thinking: Characteristics of servitization at Hungarian manufacturing companies

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-335

  Demeter, Krisztina ^a   Szász, Levente ^b  

^a Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Integrated solutions; Operations strategy; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883384789     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2013-3-309     Document Type: Article

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