International manufacturing network: Past, present, and future

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 392-429

  Cheng, Yang ^a,b   Farooq, Sami ^a   Johansen, John ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

International manufacturing network; Network; Plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923362285     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2013-0146     Document Type: Article

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