Competitiveness strategies and AMT investment decisions

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-347

  Burcher, Peter G ^a   Lee, Gloria L ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Competitiveness; Evaluation; Implementation; Investment; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037741190     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010335618     Document Type: Article

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