Technological innovation antecedents in the UK ceramics industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-98

  Warren, Matthew P ^a   Forrester, Paul L ^b   Hassard, John S ^c   Cotton, John W ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Ceram Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PLANTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATIONS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033909045     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(99)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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