Modularisation and outsourcing: Who drives whom? a study of generational sequences in the US automotive cockpit industry

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-183

  Fixson, Sebastian K ^a   Ro, Young ^b   Liker, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive suppliers; Firm boundaries; Modularity; Outsourcing; Product architecture; Technological organisational change

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS; FIRM BOUNDARIES; MODULARITY; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL/ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 21644432404     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2005.007181     Document Type: Review

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