Crisis in German decentralized production: Unexpected rigidity and the challenge of an alternative form of flexible organization in Baden Württemberg

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-52

  Herrigel, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALISATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SYSTEM RIGIDITY;

GERMANY, BADEN WURTTEMBERG;

EID: 0029972239     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977649600300103     Document Type: Article

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