Changing production systems: The automobile industry in Spain

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 344-359

  Pallares Barbera, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automobile industry in Spain; Industrial restructuring; Just in time; Lean production system; Mass production system

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032419545     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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