Manufacturing competitiveness and fitness landscape theory

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 347-352

  McCarthy, I P ^a   Tan, Y K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM; FITNESS LANDSCAPE THEORY; MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; UNPREDICTABILITY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0034316826     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(00)00687-7     Document Type: Article

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