Should we try out for the major leagues? A call for research in sport operations management

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1368-1399

  Kauppi, Katri ^a   Moxham, Claire ^b   Bamford, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operations management; Research agenda; Sport industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884691363     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-11-2011-0418     Document Type: Review

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