Skills and knowledge of senior Taiwanese manufacturing managers

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 393-404

  Woodcock, David ^a   Chen, C Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Education; Experience; Manufacturing; Skills; Strategy; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038417244     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010345888     Document Type: Article

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