A report of information technology in Mexican manufacturing firms

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 201-209

  Lunce, Stephen E ^a   Smith, Stephanie A M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Manufacturing; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542425626     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570010291801     Document Type: Article

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