Beyond make-buy: Internalization and integration of design and production

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-330

  Ulrich, Karl T ^a   Ellison, David J ^a  

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Author keywords

Bicycle industry; Make buy decision; Product design; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144459144     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2005.tb00027.x     Document Type: Review

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