Knowledge partitioning: a strategic approach to product lifecycle management

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-108

  Therani, Madhusudan ^a   Tanniru, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge integration; knowledge partitioning; product lifecycle management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846496344     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijpd.2005.006670     Document Type: Article

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