Manufacturing strategy and innovation in indigenous and foreign firms: An international study

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-27

  Crowe, Déirdre ^a   Vecchi, Alessandra ^a   Brennan, Louis ^b   Coughlan, Paul ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Innovation; International; Performance; Practices; Priorities; Resource based view (RBV)

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA ACQUISITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FOREIGN PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL FIRMS; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; RESOURCE BASED VIEW (RBV);

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33847751386     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2007.012444     Document Type: Article

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