Interfaces in service modularity: A typology developed in modular health care provision

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 175-189

  De Blok, Carolien ^a   Meijboom, Bert ^b,c   Luijkx, Katrien ^c   Schols, Jos ^c,d   Schroeder, Roger ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Elderly care; Interfaces; Service modularity; Typology

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

COMPONENT LEVELS; ELDERLY CARE; SERVICE CUSTOMIZATION; SERVICE MODULARITY; SERVICE PACKAGE; SERVICE PROVIDER; TYPOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84897563437     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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