In this study, a project management approach is used, in order to implement some elements of the Just-In-Time philosophy to a small-sized manufacturing firm. The objective of this applied research was to overcome some of the problems that most of small firms are facing when implementing JIT, such pr
Internationalisation of small to medium-sized manufacturing firms: a network approach
β Scribed by Sylvie Chetty; Desiree Blankenburg Holm
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0969-5931
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