Buyer-vendor relations for components: The extreme example of custom integrated circuits

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 673-690

  Gerwin, Donald ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Customer vendor relations; Integrated circuits; Outsourcing; Product development; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CUSTOMER-VENDOR RELATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SAFEGUARDS; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33646861947     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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