Are there market limits to modularisation?

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-275

  Morris, David ^a   Donnelly, Tom ^a  

^a Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Globalisation; Knowledge management; Modularisation; Organisational structure; Product architecture

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GLOBAL COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33847122919     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2006.012120     Document Type: Article

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