Surveys

Researching Operations Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 84-161

  Forza, Cipriano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Europ Inst Adv Studs in Mgmt   (Belgium)

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EID: 84918938083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886816     Document Type: Chapter

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