Infrastructure developments for agile virtual enterprises

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 235-254

  Camarinha Matos, L M ^a   Afsarmanesh, H ^b   Rabelo, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AGILE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 0142247397     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192031000089156     Document Type: Article

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