An empirical study on the learning-updating strategy to allocate managerial resources for operations improvement

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 436-446

  Kim, Bowon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experiential learning; New technology; Production management; Resources; Shipbuilding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037911     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710173805     Document Type: Article

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