Åhlström,
; Danese, Pamela; Hines, Peter; … - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 41 (2021) 12, pp. 1852-1878
Purpose: Lean remains popular in a wide range of private and public sectors and continues to attract a significant amount of research. However, most of this research is not grounded in theory. This paper presents and discusses different expert viewpoints on the role of theory in lean research...