Technological and organisational change in small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies: A learning organisation perspective

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 549-572

  Lee, Gloria ^a   Bennett, David ^a   Oakes, Ian ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Manufacturing; Organizational change; Small to medium sized firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034400811     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010318922     Document Type: Review

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