Improving Service by Informing Customers About Anticipated Delays

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DOI10.1287/mnsc.45.2.192zbMath1231.90285OpenAlexW2167921835MaRDI QIDQ3116631

Ward Whitt

Publication date: 12 February 2012

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/f29bb2339b79fa01ceca725ed399591a1f030273




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