Profiles of leaders, followers, and laggards in programmable automation adoption

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-296

  Collins, Paul D ^a   Hull, Frank M ^b   Hage, Jerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Furdliam University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

FULL TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

COMPUTABILITY AND DECIDABILITY;

EID: 0030215470     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.511839     Document Type: Article

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