Flexible manufacturing systems and the internal structure of the firm

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1061-1096

  Gal Or, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm structure; Flexible manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036823996     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(01)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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