Advanced manufacturing technology adoption - The German experience

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 711-724

  Hofmann, Christian ^a   Orr, Stuart ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

German manufacturing; Technology investment; Technology management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (AMT); GERMAN MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EID: 13244275253     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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