Working the boundaries in the motor industry

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 941-946

  Smart, P K ^a   Brookes, N J ^a   Lettice, F E ^a   Backhouse, C J ^a   Burns, N D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Formal Organisation; Informal Organisation; Networks; Product development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FORMAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034475969     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405001518008     Document Type: Article

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