Britain's last industrial district? A case study of ceramics production

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Day, Marc ^a,b   Burnett, John ^b   L Forrester, Paul ^c   Hassard, John ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ceram Research   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CERAMIC TABLEWARE INDUSTRY; INNOVATIONS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033907506     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(99)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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