Managerial issues in modularising complex products

Technovation

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1201-1209

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Åhlström, Pär ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Complex products; Managerial issues; Modularisation; Product development

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

COMPLEX PRODUCTS; MANAGERIAL ISSUES; MODULARISATION;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 33750914047     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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