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TAUTOLOGIES, MODELS AND THEORIES: CAN WE FIND “LAWS” OF MANUFACTURING?

JOHN D. C. LITTLE Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Pages 7-13 | Published online: 30 May 2007

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