Organisational characteristics associated with AMT adoption: Towards a contingency framework

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1270-1291

  Schroder, Richard ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Contingency planning; Organizational structure; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478585     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910294237     Document Type: Article

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