Innovation, improvement and operations: An exploration of the management of alignment

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-368

  De Leede, Jan ^a   Looise, Jan C ^a   Alders, Ben C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Improvement; Innovation; Non functional structures; Operations; Structural and social dynamic alignment; Survey

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SOCIAL-DYNAMIC ALIGNMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036168775     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2002.003015     Document Type: Review

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