The same old methodologies? Perspectives on OM research in the post-lean age

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 934-956

  MacCarthy, Bart L ^a   Lewis, Michael ^b   Voss, Chris ^c   Narasimhan, Ram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Qualitative; Quantitative; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883388982     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-08-2013-0373     Document Type: Article

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