From CoPS to mass production? Capabilities and innovation in power generation equipment manufacturing

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Magnusson, Thomas ^a   Tell, Fredrik ^b   Watson, Jim ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; POWER PLANT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 14344261654     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth042     Document Type: Article

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