Continuous improvement capability in the Swedish engineering industry

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 272-289

  Dabhilkar, Mandar ^a   Bengtsson, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement behaviour; Empirical research; Performance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BEHAVIORS; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; MANUFACTURING PRACTICES;

PLANT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847067545     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2007.012263     Document Type: Article

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