Assessing advanced engineering technologies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 439-469

  Gagnon, Roger J ^a,c,d,e   Haldar, Sanjoy ^b,f,g,h,i  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sara Lee Direct   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^g WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ Sara Lee   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision process; Economics; Engineering technologies; Evaluation criteria; Survey results; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (AMT);

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0030651405     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1997.001719     Document Type: Article

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