IT adoption and manufacturing performance in Kuwaiti industrial corporations

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-77

  Mady, M Tawfik ^a   Khalil, Omar ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adanced manufacturing technology; IT adoption; Kuwait manufacturing firms; Manufacturing performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644984118     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2006.009028     Document Type: Article

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