The measurement of manufacturing virtuality

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 721-742

  Webster, Margaret ^a   Sugden, David M ^a   Tayles, Mike E ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Intangible assets; Intellectual capital; Manufacturing industries; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242735115     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410542019     Document Type: Review

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