Technological capability assessment of a firm in the electricity sector

Technovation

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 561-588

  Panda, H ^a   Ramanathan, K ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

STATE OF THE ART FIRMS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030262145     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(97)82896-9     Document Type: Article

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