Strategic considerations in the introduction of advanced manufacturing technologies in the Cypriot industry

Technovation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-115

  Efstathiades, Andreas ^a   Tassou, Savvas A ^b   Antoniou, Antonios ^c   Oxinos, George ^a  

^a Industrial Training Authority   (Cyprus)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology; AMT justification; Competitiveness; Impact of AMT on SMEs; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (AMT);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033079463     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(98)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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