Case research in operations management

Researching Operations Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 162-195

  Voss, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918865758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886816     Document Type: Chapter

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