The all-steel body as a cornerstone to the foundations of the mass production car industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-211

  Nieuwenhuis, Paul ^a   Wells, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; STEEL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447554437     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm001     Document Type: Article

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