Intangible assets as determinants of advanced manufacturing technology adoption in sme's: toward an evolutionary model

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-322

  Lefcbvre, Louis A ^a   Lefcbvre, Elisabeth ^b   Harvey, Jean ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intangible assets; Learning model; Small manufacturing firms; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MODELS; PERSONNEL RATING;

INTANGIBLE ASSETS; LEARNING MODELS; SMALL MANUFACTURING FIRMS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0030215816     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.511841     Document Type: Article

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