Strategic modularisation and performance implications in the Brazilian automotive industry

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-460

  Parente, Ronaldo ^a,c   Gu, Jian ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian automotive industry; Codesign; Conceptual framework; Empirical study; Performance; Physical proximity; Strategic modularisation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DATA REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; SURVEYS;

BRAZILIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CODESIGN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; STRATEGIC MODULARISATION;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 31544463773     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2005.008584     Document Type: Article

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