The effects of firm size and sales growth rate on inventory turnover performance in the U.S. retail sector

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 122, Issue , 2009, Pages 25-52

  Gaur, Vishal ^a   Kesavan, Saravanan ^b  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84955086809     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78902-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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