Crafting the virtual prototype: How firms integrate knowledge and capabilities across organisational boundaries

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1409-1424

  D'Adderio, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated software systems; Knowledge and capabilities integration; Product design and development; Translation routines; Virtual prototypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035587204     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00159-7     Document Type: Article

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