Do modular products lead to modular organizations?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-518

  Hoetker, Glenn ^a  

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

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Knowledge based theory of the firm; Modularity; Transaction cost economics: management of innovation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED THEORY OF THE FIRM; MODULARITY; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS: MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646563769     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.528     Document Type: Review

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