Foundations of global engineering networks: Essential characteristics of effective engineering networks

ICMIT 2006 Proceedings - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1113-1117

  Yufeng, Zhang ^a   Gregory, Mike ^a   Yongjiang, Shi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering management; Global Engineering Networks (GEN); Globalization; Networks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL ENGINEERING NETWORKS (GEN); NETWORKED RESOURCES;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34249710257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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