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An empirical examination of response time, product variety and firm performance

Xiang Zhang School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 430074Correspondence[email protected]
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Rongqiu Chen School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 430074
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Yubo Ma School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 430074
Pages 3135-3150 | Received 01 Apr 2006, Published online: 23 May 2007

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