Modularity, flexibility, and knowledge management in product and organization design

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. WINTER, 1996, Pages 63-76

  Sanchez, Ron ^a   Mahoney, Joseph T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Knowledge management; Modularity; Strategic flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142519738     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250171107     Document Type: Article

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