Corporate manufacturing network: From hierarchy to self-organising system

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 106-131

  Danilovic, Mike ^a   Winroth, Mats ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Integration; Manufacturing systems; Networking; Self organising

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644542743     PISSN: 14775360     EISSN: 17418097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISM.2006.008341     Document Type: Article

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