Smart cards and product-development strategies in the electronics industry in Japan

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-249

  Mark Fruin, W ^a,b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Industry and line of business; Japan; Product development; Smart cards

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; SMART CARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS LINE; PARTNERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032141422     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.704246     Document Type: Article

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