Quality, technology, and global manufacturing

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-166

  Ettlie, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry differences; R D, market share; Title

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000245594     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1997.tb00423.x     Document Type: Article

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