Empirical analysis of evolution of product architecture: Fanuc numerical controllers from 1962 to 1997

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-31

  Shibata, Tomoatsu ^a   Yano, Masaharu ^b   Kodama, Fumio ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Integral architecture; Module architecture; NC (numerical control); Product architecture; Technical progress

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STANDARDIZATION;

INTEGRAL ARCHITECTURE; MODULAR ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; TECHNICAL PROGRESS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 14544279339     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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