Supply Chain Flexibility: An Empirical Study

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 16-24

  Vickery, Shaw Nee ^a   Calantone, Roger ^a   Dröge, Cornelia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907059942     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.1999.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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