Dispersed collaboration in a multi-firm, multi-team product-development project

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2 SPEC., 2003, Pages 93-116

  O'Sullivan, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modularized; Multilateral; Standardized; Synchronized; Virtual

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COSTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037409365     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 18791719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(03)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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