Limits to modularity: Reflections on recent developments in chip design

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-335

  Ernst, Dieter ^a  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic design; Electronics; Firm organization; Firm strategy; Industry studies; Innovation; Modularity; Product development

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INNOVATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 26644442937     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710500195918     Document Type: Article

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