"Managing" Learning by Doing: An Empirical Study in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-410

  Macher, Jeffrey T ^a   Mowery, David C ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INTERNAL WORKFLOWS; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 1542712480     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5885.00036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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