Learning the methods and the skills of global product realization in an academic virtual enterprise

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-102

  Horváth, Imre ^a   Duhovnik, Jože ^b   Xirouchakis, Paul ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

ACADEMIC VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; LEARNING AND TEACHINGS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 10644260811     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0304379021000056839     Document Type: Article

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