Identifying product and process configuration requirements in a decentralised service delivery system

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 294-310

  Karppinen, Henri ^a   Seppänen, Kaisa ^a   Huiskonen, Janne ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decentralised production; Healthcare service system; Process configurations; Product configurations; Service process; Service product

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897675033     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2014.059561     Document Type: Article

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