Operations Management
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780132921145
Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 2P
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To identify: The problems faced by a company when it moves to operate as a virtual organization and also to identify whether the firm encounters new problems or deals with the same existing problems.
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