How company-specific production systems affect plant performance: The S-curve theory

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 362-364

  Netland, Torbjørn ^a   Ferdows, Kasra ^b   Sanchez, Ebly ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

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EID: 85027939592     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12258_3     Document Type: Article

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