An empirical examination of successive incremental improvement techniques and investment in manufacturing technology

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 373-399

  Sim, Khim L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvement; Investment; Manufacturing; Performance; Regression analysis; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590057     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110364696     Document Type: Article

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